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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List of Candidates for Graduation from the Eighth Grade of Crooms Academy

A letter from J. N. Crooms to the W. M. Welch Manufacturing Company in which Crooms gives a list of the candidates for graduation from the Eighth Grade in Crooms Academy, as well as the candidates for graduation from the Senior High School Department.
Letter from H. A. Seese to J. N. Crooms, January 31, 1931

A letter from H. A. Seese, District Credit Manager of the Standard Historical Society, to J. N. Crooms in which Seese discussing payments.
Envelope and Letter from R. S. Wood to J. N. Crooms, August 27, 1926

A letter and accompanying envelope from R. S. Wood of the Lester Piano Company to J. N. Crooms, in which Wood discusses a discrepancy in a bill.
Letter from "Joel" to J. N. Crooms, July 5th, 1926, Envelope, and Money Order

A letter from a person identified only as "Joel" to J. N. Crooms, on Selma University stationary. In the letter, Joel on personal matters. Also included is a receipt from the Selma National Bank of a payment of $75 to J. N. Crooms from C. J. Hurston. It is unconfirmed if this person is the "Joel" who wrote the letter.
Letter from W. W. Andrew to J. N. Crooms, December 4, 1923

A letter from W. W. Andrews, president of the Florida Sentinel Publishing Co., to J. N. Crooms, discussing the publication of copies of the minutes of the State Teachers Association.
Letter from J. W. Mickens, Notary Public Dealer In Fine Shoes

A letter from J. W. Mickens, notary public and "Dealer in Fine Shoes", that does not identify the recipient, but is addressed to "my dear prof.", thus possibly to Crooms, but this is unconfirmed. In the letter, Mickens discusses travel/hotel arrangements.
Letter from L. H. Lightner to J. N. Crooms, September 16, 1924

A letter from L. H. Lightner, the Supreme Clerk of the Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen, to J. N. Crooms, concerning receipts and travel arrangements. On the back of the letter are handwritten financial calculations, presumably by Crooms himself.
Western Union Telegram from Elsey R. James to J. N. Crooms, October 11, 1952

A Western Union telegram from Elsey R. James to J. N. Crooms confirming travel arrangements.
Western Union Receipt Telegram from George W. Engram to J. N. Crooms, May 26, 1951

A Western Union telegram from George Engram to J. N. Crooms concerning a meeting of the Bethune-Volusia Beach Board of Directors.
Western Union Telegram from G. W. Perkins to J. N. Crooms, May 24, 1951

A Western Union telegram from G. W. Perkins to J. N. Crooms confirming travel arrangements.