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 Bobo Dean to J. N. Crooms, April 28, 1949

A letter from Bobo Dean, apparently a student in Phillips Exeter Academy, to J. N. Crooms in which Dean discusses the history of African Americans in Sanford, and asks Crooms for further information.
Letter from Sam A. Martina, Jr. to J. N. Crooms, March 26, 1948

A letter from Sam A. Martina Jr., of Florida Fashions Inc., to J. N. Crooms in which Martina Jr. informs Crooms that their company is looking for young African American high school graduates for work, and asking Crooms to spread the word.
Letter from Harry T. Moore to J. N. Crooms, March 16, 1947

A letter from Harry T. Moore, president of the Orange Belt District Teachers' Association, to J. N. Crooms concerning an upcoming meeting.
Letter from H. J. Lehman to J. N. Crooms, December 13, 1946 and Envelope

A letter from H. J. Lehman, manager of the Sanford State Farmers' Market, to J. N. Crooms in which Lehman gives a donation for the upcoming Crooms Memorial Library.
Letter from Wm. H. Gray, Jr. to J. N. Crooms, September 1, 1945 and Receipt

A letter from William H. Gray Jr,. president of FAMC, to J. N. Crooms thanking him for his gift. Also included is a receipt from FAMC.
Letter from Earl A. Sindecuse to J. N. Crooms, March 8, 1945

A letter from Earl A. Sindecuse of the Danforth Foundation to J. N. Crooms, in which the Danforth Foundation invites Crooms to recommend a graduating student for an award they give.
Letter of Congratulations from W. W. McEachern, February 28, 1944

A letter from W. W. McEachern, state chairman of the Florida War Finance Committee "to the school principal addressed". In it, McEachern urges Florida schools to earn the "Minute Man Flag", in which 90% of the employees of a school are regularly purchasing war bonds and stamps.
Expense Account from J. N. Crooms to Miss Homer, March 9, 1943 and Statement of Account

A letter from J. N. Crooms to "Miss Homer", including an itemized expense account for the tools to create a bookcase in the Crooms Academy arts department. Also included is a statement of account from the Hill Lumber and Supply Yard, Inc., supplementing the expense account.
Letter from William G. Nunn to J. N. Crooms, October 17, 1941

A letter from William G. Nunn, managing editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, to J. N. Crooms, inviting the Crooms Academy high school band to participate in the "Festival of Flowers", a band contest held before the Flower Bowl Classic game, in 1942 held in Jacksonville.
Letter from H. Power Weymann to J. N. Crooms, April 24, 1940

A letter from H. Power Weymann, vice president of the Weymann Company, to J. N. Crooms, concerning financial matters.