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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Young Man in a Suit

A studio portrait of an unidentified, likely teenaged African American boy in a suit. The photo is mounted on a brown cardboard mount labeled "Electro Photo Co." with the address of the company.
Woman and Child

A photograph of an African American woman, seated, and an African American child, standing, taken in a garden. The photo is contained within a dark brown envelope/frame
Woman in a Dress

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman in a dress. The photo is contained within a green cardboard mount
Woman in a Dress

A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman in a dress, gloves, and hat. The photo is contained within a brown envelope/frame.
Welricha Motel

A photograph of the Welricha Motel exterior, with a handwritten label
Welricha Motel

A photograph of the Welricha Motel exterior, with a handwritten label
Welricha Motel

A photograph with the handwritten note "Welricha Motel," showing the motel under construction
Program for the District Convention of The American Woodmen fraternal organization

A program for the district convention of The American Woodmen fraternal organization in Atlanta, Georgia. Included inside are handwritten notes.
An Upward Climb

A pamphlet providing information about Bethune-Cookman University and asking for donations
Bethune-Cookman College

A pamphlet providing information about Bethune-Cookman University