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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Program for Woodford J. Maxey Funeral Service

A program for the funeral service for Woodford J. Maxey, held at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Institutional Church.
Program for Grace Myers Hankerson Funeral Service, with Handwritten Notes

A program for the funeral service for Grace Myers Hankerson, held at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church. There are some handwritten notes on the back.
Program for Margaret Harris Bryant Funeral Service

A program for the funeral service for Margaret Harris Bryant, held at Ward's Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Program for Jeremiah H. Bronson Funeral Service

A program for the funeral service for Rev. Jeremiah H. Bronson, held at St. Paul Methodist Baptist Church.
David Conrad Brock Funeral Service Program

Program for the funeral service of David Conrad Brock, held at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church.
Program for Bertha Calhoun Funeral Service, with handwritten notes

Program for the funeral service for Bertha Calhoun, held at the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church. On the back are handwritten notes, possibly lyrics for a religious song.
George Wesley Perkins Funeral Service Program

Program for the funeral service for George Wesley Perkins at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Dr. E. A. Graham Funeral Service Program

Program for the funeral service for Dr. E. A. Graham at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Funeral Service for Mary McLeod Bethune

Program for the funeral service for Mary McLeod Bethune, held at the Bethune-Cookman College Auditorium.
Pamphlet for Janie E. Edwards Funeral Service

A program for the funeral service for Janie E. Edwards, held at the Greater St Paul Baptist Church.