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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Ticket to Crooms Academy Operetta

A ticket for an operetta titled "An Old Kentucky Garden," held at Crooms Academy
Blank Postcard of FAMC Sampson Hall

A blank postcard with an image of Sampson Hall at FAMC
Postcard Itinerary of 21st Commencement of Daytona-Cookman Collegiate Institute

A notecard-sized itinerary of the undated 21st annual commencement of the Daytona-Cookman Collegiate Institute.
Blank Postcard of Dixie Highway U.S. 31

A blank postcard with an image of the Dixie Highway, U.S. 31
Blank Postcard of FAMC President's Home

A blank postcard with an image of the FAMC President's manor
Blank Postcard of Paul Laurence Dunbar

Blank postcard with an image of Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Poet Laureate of Negro Race"
Blank Postcard of Joe Louis' Farm

Postcard with images and information about Joe Louis' Spring Hill Farm in Utica, Michigan.
Postcard from Alma J. Hurston to Mrs. H. R. Crooms

A postcard from Alma Hurston to Mrs. H. R. Crooms, describing her trip to Hyde Park and sending her regards to the family. On the front is a photo of the FDR National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York.
Letter from R. T. Milwee to J. N. Crooms

A typed letter from an R. T. Milwee, seemingly a school superintendent, to Crooms, regarding a report on personnel changes. On the front are are several notes and figures, seemingly written by Crooms himself.
Business Notes Written on an Envelope

An empty envelope addressed to Crooms from a "J. C. Ringling, D. D. S.," on the front of which is written "$152.10 Eddie Elsey," and on the back of which are various handwritten notes.