Crooms Collection

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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 John. C. Wright to J. N. Crooms

An undated letter from John C. Wright, president of an unidentified organization, to J. N. Crooms, sending his regards.
Letter from S. Meredith Moseley to J. N. Crooms

A letter from S. Meredith Mosely, from the Florida Commission on Secondary Schools of The Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools For Negroes, to J. N. Crooms. In it, Mosely wishes to meet with Crooms to discuss increasing contributions for the war effort (as the letter is undated, it is likely, but unconfirmed, that this is in regards to WWII).
Letter from John Bernard and Fred Ensminger to J. N. Crooms, March 14, 1957

A letter from John Bernard and Fred Ensminger, representing The Little Brown Church On the Hill, to "Mrs. J. N. Crooms." In it, Bernard and Ensminger express their condolences at the passing of Crooms.
Letter from Jessee M. Fears to Florida members of the New Homemakers of America

An open letter from Jessee M. Fears, state adviser for the Florida Association of the New Homemakers of America, to various members informing them they have been selected as the most outstanding member of the NHA in their county, and will receive a certificate of achievement. Among the recipients is a Betty J. Roberts for Seminole County, a student at Crooms Academy.
Letter from Albert M. Bethune, Sr. to J. N. Crooms, January 2, 1956

A letter from Albert M. Bethune Sr., son of Mary McLeod Bethune, regarding his mother's shares in the Welricha Corporation (misspelled here as "Welrechia Corp"). Given the letterhead, it seems that Albert M. Bethune Sr. was a member of the Florida State Association of the Improved Benevolent Productive Order of Elks.
Letter from Joseph H. Lewis to J. N. Crooms, April 2, 1953

A letter from Joseph H. Lewis, of the J. H. Lewis Uniform Company, to J. N. Crooms, regarding the Crooms Academy band uniforms.
Letter from George H. Williams, Jr. to J. N. Crooms, November 17, 1952

A letter from George H. Williams Jr., executive director of the Sanford Housing Authority, to J. N. Crooms announcing the results of their essay contest and congratulating Crooms and the students.
Letter from B. P. Allen to J. N. Crooms, June 22, 1943

A letter from B. P. Allen, of the L. G. Balfour Company, to J. N. Crooms, discussing payment for the grammar and high school diplomas for Crooms Academy.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to Robert E. Roth, December 19, 1949

A letter from J. N. Crooms to Robert E. Roth, on payments to Southeast School Assemblies.
Letter from Robert E. Roth to J. N. Crooms, August, 1949

A letter from Robert E. Roth, director of Southeast School Assemblies, to J. N. Crooms, confirming when their organization is coming to Crooms Academy to hold an assembly.