These documents are from the government of Iraq. Some are from the British occupation of Iraq and include correspondence about police matters including demonstrations around Muslim shrines and anti-Wahhabi political movements and public sentiment. Also included are documents concerning border issues and disputes between Iraq and Iran and include the text from a 1932 temporary agreement between Iraq and Iran.

These are letters and correspondence from the Iraqi government concerning a United Nations inquiry about alleged human rights violations against suspected Communists.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. The documents consist of individual student records and photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, letters of recommendation, doctor’s notes, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. Each file folder contains individual student records, student photographs, exam scores, and student certifications. Some folders include admissions letters, letters of reference; correspondence with various government agencies relating to students, and doctor’s notes. One letterhead is from the Dunya Bureau for Films and Cinema. Another letter is to Forest Hills High School in Forest Hills, N.Y.

These are student files with student photographs and correspondence between the Iraqi government and various Baghdadi Jewish schools regarding exam scores, graduation confirmation, primary school certification, secondary school certification, student transfers, and admissions forms. Some student folders contain an essay written in Hebrew about Israel and the Sephardic community, a certificate of vaccination for smallpox, confirmations of citizenship, and a military conscription letter.

These are student records from the Shamash Secondary and Frank Iny schools. Included in student files are: grades, transcripts, achievement reports, vaccines, warnings for misbehavior, recommendation letters, school transfer documents, graduation diplomas, and photographs. Also included are rosters for fifth grade students; correspondence between the head of Shamash and Frank Iny Schools to different institutions (Dental and Medical Schools in London, Chelsea College of Science and Technology in Edinburgh, University of London, Directorate of the Scholar Mission, and Directorate of Recruitment in Baghdad) regarding students’ academic matters.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are: a letter sent from a tenant to the president of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews regarding a dispute on a deposit amount for leased shops; a letter from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews to a tenant regarding paying rent; a warning letter from the Directorate of the Department of Palestinians (part of Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs) to the governing body of Iraqi Jews regarding depositing money for a house lease at a Baghdad solicitor's office; letters of lease disputes from other tenants to a Baghdadi Jewish property management company regarding payments; a letter from the taxation office to estimate the amount of property tax belonging to the Baghdadi Jewish community.

These documents contain correspondence, mostly on a personal level, of the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad. Included are requests for a telephone to be installed in a school, teacher labor issues, student transfers, receipts and invoices, thank you notes and condolences to members of the Jewish Diaspora in Europe, America, and the Middle East. The documents include an excerpt from the 1945 edition of the Biographical Encyclopedia of the World, featuring the president of the Jewish community of Baghdad, Sassoon Khedouri; a license to import one Chevrolet car from the U.S.; a wedding invitation; and several business cards of foreign dignitaries.

These are archival documents containing student files (some with photographs) from the different Jewish schools in Baghdad including: school matters, student transfers, acceptance forms, school reports, acceptance letters, graduation certificates, medical notification excuses, name changes, student punishment and parent’s requests for their children to repeat classes, pledge for misbehaving, and recommendation letters.

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included is correspondence regarding the wills, estates, and trusts of several wealthy community members (Sir Ezra David, Raphael Aaron Gubbay) and where their money is going within the community. Correspondence is between community leaders, family members, and attorneys regarding splitting up of money and receipts of receiving funds.

This is correspondence from the Iraqi government to school administrations regarding exams; student demographic information and enrollment figures; teachers’ hours and salaries; statistics; regulations; approved textbooks; school field trips; student exchange letters; an art exhibit; guidelines for technical training; and a recruitment ad for the Royal Air Force.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is correspondence from the 1930s-1940s between the Jewish Lay Council, Jewish Hospitals Committee and various school administrations. Other documents include court cases, requests for financial help, and deeds and property records owned by the Baghdadi Jewish community. There are also architectural drawing plans, contracts, and correspondence discussing price negotiations. This is followed by student files from the 1960s, containing individual student records, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, letters of recommendation, photographs, and correspondence regarding student affairs. There is a printed booklet notating a teachers’ school service record from 1944. There are collections of receipts from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, the South British Insurance Company, the Rafidain Insurance Company, various local vendors and taxi services, pharmacies, utilities, as well as rosters of patient information and correspondence from the Ministry of Culture of Iranian Schools in Iraq.

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. The documents consist of individual student records with photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, letters of recommendation, applications to other institution, doctor’s notes, exam booklets, officer recruitment, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

These are archival documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. The documents consist of individual student records with photographs, exam scores, student certifications, recommendation letters, admissions forms, doctor’s notes, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

These are archival documents from Baghdadi Jewish schools. The documents consist of individual student records including photographs, exam scores and test booklets, student certifications, admissions forms, doctor’s notes, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

This item includes documents detailing internal administrative matters of the Baghdadi Jewish community such as employment actions, resignations, letters of recommendation, property management, and decisions of the organization. There are also requests for financial assistance and other personal matters, letters from members of the Baghdadi Jewish community to the Jewish Lay Council about increasingly harsh treatment by the government, and reports of individuals being arbitrarily arrested and imprisoned. Other documents include correspondence to the British government to organize a Passover Seder for Jewish soldiers, scholarships to study in British schools, Baghdadi Jews abrogating their citizenship and emigrating abroad, the collection of donations for Palestinian refugees and wounded soldiers, lists of members of the Baghdadi Jewish community in detention facilities, and financial documents such as income tax reports and receipts.

These are student files from the Jewish schools in Baghdad. The item includes disciplinary reports, applications for Shamash Secondary School, and correspondence between school administrations and the Iraqi government.

This is archival material in from the Baghdadi Jewish Community containing documents related to a legal case dealing with the disbursement and management of an endowment from the Daniel family. It includes court testimony, correspondence with the local endowment administrating official, the Jewish Lay Council, the President of the Jewish Community, school administrators; and the transfer of management of the waqf. There are original title property deeds dated 1924-1931.

This Iraqi government correspondence marked “Special Office” between the Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraqi consulates, and other offices regarding visa applications for Iranian scholars. The documents also include a list of Iranian religious scholars that traveled to Iraq.

This is a group of telegrams about business transactions, including travel plans and financial confirmations. Most seem to be from the same company, the Nazih al-Swaid Co., Ltd., and include information about sugar transactions, oil, financial transactions, and construction plans. Many offer well wishes for the new years and holidays and concerns of health of family members and business partners. The travel plans include when someone is arriving in a city (which flight or train) and what hotel that person is staying at or if travel arrangements need to be made. The correspondence is to and from Baghdad and other Iraqi cities (Basrah, Mosul, Kirkuk), cities in Germany (Dusseldorf, Cologne), Teheran (Iran), Istanbul, London, Amsterdam, Vienna, Paris, cities in Italy (Rome), Switzerland, New York, Los Angeles, Beirut (Lebanon), Damascus (Syria), Saudi Arabia, Tripoli (Libya) and Amman (Jordan). Telegrams are in English, Arabic, French, and German.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They include correspondence from the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad to Jewish community presidents in Sulaymaniyah, Irbil, Mosul, Basrah, Kirkuk, Fallujah, regarding condolences, regulations, hospitals, permits, religious dietary laws, smallpox, distributions to the poor, employment and unemployment, financial settlements, legal settlements, charitable donations and requests for documentation. There is also correspondence with various government and community organizations including the Office of Information – Mosul; National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Iraq; The British Bank of Iran; Office of the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain; Chevrolet; Iraqi Red Crescent Society; The Society for Improving the Conditions of the Blind in Iraq; French Ambassador in Iraq; The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China; The Great Synagogue of Baghdad; and the President of the Catholic Diaspora. The item also includes the newspapers: الزمان (Al-Zamān), Issue #4764 from May 1, 1953; and الحوادث (Al-Ḥawādth), Issue #3096 from 1953.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They contain requests for community records and residency confirmations; wire transfers; correspondence regarding the adoption of Jewish laws in the Diaspora; communication from the Ambassador of Iraq in Rabat regarding Moroccan officials requesting information on laws applicable to the Iraqi Jewish community (customary laws pertaining to marriage, inheritance, etc.); legal agreements for engagement and marriage; requests for marriage confirmations, death certificates; employment separations; lawsuit regarding the management of an endowment; repairs to school buildings; correspondence regarding sending sefarim (Jewish religious books) to New York; letters referencing the Law of Acquisitions, 43/1934; discussions about tearing down or rebuilding a wall; invoices and accounting information from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee; school administration; requests for vaccines; property laws; deeds; the administration of scholarships; announcements about community meetings and ceremonies; requests for food provisions for prisoners during the holidays; and requests for clarification of laws in conflict with the interim constitution of 1958. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.

These are documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools of correspondence between the two schools and the Iraqi Ministry of Education regarding student certifications. There are a number of certificates for students moving from intermediate to secondary levels, and for passing the Iraqi State Baccalaureate exam. There are charts with student names and records of their test scores for 1960-1962.

The archival material contains correspondence between different Baghdadi Jewish schools regarding: school matters, student transfers, acceptance forms, school reports, acceptance letters, graduation certificates, medical notification excuses, name changes, student punishment and parent’s requests for their children to repeat classes, pledge for misbehaving, and recommendation letters; photographs of students are included. It includes letters from schools to the Directorate of Education for certificate for ratification, to the Directorate of Missions and Equalization of Diplomas, and to the General Director of Recruitment. Also included is a letter from the Head of the Jewish Lay Council to the Directorate of Education regarding the reorganization of the Jewish schools to conform to the Ministry of Education’s new rules that concerns the students whom have been discharged from Jewish school because their Iraq citizenship has been revoked.