Crooms Collection

Item set

Title

Crooms Collection

Description

The Joseph Nathaniel Crooms Papers consist of documents related to Crooms Academy named for J.N. Crooms, whose parents were slaves on a Tallahassee area plantation, and who, along with his wife, Wealthy Mabel Crooms, started the school Crooms Academy and were its first principal and assistant principal respectively. The Crooms Academy began operation in 1920 and until 1970, the Crooms Academy during the same time Bethune Academy was established. Mr. Crooms worked with Mary McLeod Bethune as members of the Welricha Corp., which owned a beach front motel and restaurant on Bethune-Volusia Beach, as well as the Florida Negro Teachers Association. By the advent of his death, Mr. Crooms was considered a pioneer for black education in the state of Florida.

Physical Location

Crooms Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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The Elite's Mid Summer Hop, July 25, 1930

Invitation to the Elite's Mid Summer Hop, a dancing event. July 25, 1930
Grand Musical and Playlet, Hopper Academy, January 30, 1928

Advertisement for a grand musical and playlet. Show put on by Hopper Academy and J. N. Crooms. Proceeds to be used to purchase playground equipment. January 30, 1928
Oratorical Contest, Crooms Academy, December 9, 1927

Oratorical Contest put on by the Florida Teachers' Association, for the Sixth District. Held at Crooms Academy.
Cutouts from Account Book, 1949

Account Book Receipts from Crooms Academy (source is implied). October-December, 1949.
Building Permit from the City of Sanford, August 24, 1940

Building Permit given to J. N. Crooms by the City of Sanford, authorizing Crooms to raze and build new property from August 24, 1940.
Letter from Clarence C. Walker Sr. to J. N. Crooms, January 1, 1922

A typed letter from Clarence C. Walker Sr., principal of Central Academy and executive secretary of the Florida State Teachers' Association, to J. N. Crooms. In it, Walker discusses matters relating to the association.
Letter from B. R. Brazeal to Roy Jones Jr., May 29, 1945

A typed letter from B. R. Brazeal, dean at Morehouse College, to Roy Jones Jr., and CC'd to J. N. Crooms. Jones was apparently a former student at Crooms Academy and Brazeal informs Jones that he has been awarded a tuition scholarship "because of your scholastic rating in high school."
Letter from O. I. Woodley to J. N. Crooms, November 15, 1924

A typed letter from O. I. Woodley, secretary of the FEA and editor of its journal, to J. N. Crooms, regarding a future meeting of the Association at which Crooms will speak.
Letter from Inez Greer to J. N. Crooms, December 5, 1923

A typed letter from Inez Greer, secretary to O. I. Woodley of the FEA, to J. N. Crooms, confirming that Crooms will receive new identification certificates.
Letter from O. I. Woodley to J. N. Crooms, November 29, 1923

A typed letter from O. I. Woodley, secretary of the FEA and editor of its journal, to J. N. Crooms, regarding a future meeting of the Association at which Crooms will speak.