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 State Collegee Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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Letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms, May 2, 1949

A letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms informing him of the reappointment of Crooms Academy teachers.
Letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms, February 17, 1949

A letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms asking him to read an attached message to the teachers and students of Crooms Academy at an assembly. The message thanks Crooms Academy for contributing $506 for his stay at a hospital.
Letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms, December 28, 1948

A letter from T. W. Lawson to J. N. Crooms asking him for the dates of Crooms Academy faculty meetings.
Letter and envelope from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms, April 8, 1948

A letter and accompanying envelope from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms, informing him of his reappointment as principal of Crooms Academy.
Letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms, March 16, 1948

A letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms informing him of an upcoming inspection of Crooms Academy.
Letter and Notes from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms, December 26, 1946

A letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms thanking him for the gift of a flower "from Crooms Academy", in response to a recent illness. On the back are a few handwritten notes, presumably from Crooms himself.
Letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms to Principal, Faculty, Trustees, Patrons, Students and Friends, September 5, 1946

A letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms and the faculty and students of Crooms Academy, thanking them for their cooperation working with H. E. Morris, the principal of Seminole High School and Acting County Superintendent.
Letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms, May 5, 1945

A letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms on an inventory of the property of Crooms Academy.
Letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms, October 6, 1943

A letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms and the teachers of Crooms Academy thanking them for the purchase of war bonds.
Letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms, April 7, 1944

A letter from T. W. Lawton to J. N. Crooms informing Crooms on his reappointment as principal of Crooms Academy.