This is a book printed in Arabic titled “The Collected Poems of Bahr Al-‘Ulūm.” It contains the works of the “Peoples’ Poet,” Mohammed Saleh [Ṣālih] Bahr al-Ulum. This is the first volume of the first edition.

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.

This item included correspondence between the Iraqi government and the Baghdadi Jewish Community concerning property tax issues.

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 newspaper clippings from several different newspapers. They contain copies from الجمهورية Al-Jumhūrīyyah (#9371) from 1996; القادية Al-Qādīyyah (#4885, 4929, 4933, 4941, 4975, 4994, 5001, 5004, 5007, 5018, 5032, 5036, 5047, 5049, 5055, 5086, 5096, 5121, 5126, 5131, 5136, 5141, 5144, 5146, 5151, 5161, 5166, 5171, 5179, 5185, 5189, 5194, 5199, 5206, 5213) from 1996-7; العراق Al-‘Irāq (#6148, 6171, 6194-6212, 2619, 2624, 6229, 6239, 6249, 6259, 6263) from 1997; and التورة Al-Tūrah (#9109, 9013) from 1996. Subjects include: Fasting, Ramadan, the Palestinian Awakening, America, weekly ministry updates, libraries.

These are newspaper clippings about Saddam Hussein's role as Prime Minister from the newspaper الجمهورية Al-Jumhūrīyyah (The Republic). They are issue numbers 9263-9265 from May and June, 1996.

These are newspaper clippings from the Iraqi Newspaper from 1997. Subjects include the U.S., helicopters, airplanes, ‘Ar’ar, Saudi Arabia; France, military intervention, and government positions.

This is archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish Community that contains correspondence between various Jewish community groups and government offices. Topics include: increases in monthly salaries, the allocation of money to various Jewish community offices, religious ceremonies, plans for vacant lots, travel for medical treatment and rest, kosher meat, ledgers with the amount of meat purchased in 1949 (for meat tax), correspondence from the Mayor of Baghdad regarding trash removal, financial summaries, budgets, salary reports, newspaper clipping, employee raises, purchased goods, women’s ritual purity laws, correspondence with individual rabbis, girls’ school, applications for permits, and an index of registered judges' names. There are also correspondence and flyers in Judeo-Arabic; the Judeo-Arabic flyers are from the Tomkhe Torah Society.

This is a collection of Arabic newspaper clippings from Al-Jumhūrīyyah, Al-‘Irāq, and Al-Tūrah newspapers. They are about Saddam Hussein, the Supreme Revolutionary Council, economic concerns, and Iraq’s diplomatic relationships with other countries and the United Nations.

This is a reproduction of a book in Arabic about Egyptian Prime Minister Anwar Sadat's trip to Israel. The book discusses the reconciliation agreements between Israel and Egypt and contains the text of speeches and press conferences by key players in the peace talks. The item also includes Arabic translations of many articles that appeared in foreign newspaper in October, 1985. Each translation entry includes the article in its original language.

Included in this item are correspondence from the Baghdadi Jewish community to the Iraqi and British governments concerning increasing anti-Jewish and sectarian harassment experienced by community members, correspondence signed by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, and summaries of the Jewish Daily Post. This item also contains documents describing the arrest of individuals, restrictions on movement, and a violent attack on the Jewish residents of a village near Mosul in early 1941. Also in the documents are: newspaper clippings announcing students accepted into different institutions of higher education; a section of a 1948 newspaper with articles pertaining to the Arab-Israeli War of 1948; documents discussing education issues, such as Baghdadi Jewish students encountering difficulty in being accepted to certain state schools and failing tests at an unusually high rate, enrollment rates in schools, and teachers at Jewish schools suspected of propagating Zionism; a file folder with a student record, photograph, doctor’s notes, and examination results; a statement condemning Zionism signed by several prominent members of the Baghdadi Jewish community addressed to the Secretary of the League of Nations, Geneva.

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included are: a collection of newspaper clippings about Iraqi Jewish emigration to Israel; correspondence between the Jewish Lay Council, Chief Rabbi, and Ministry of Justice regarding the kosher meat tax; an inventory, financial records, and a list of approved Jewish butchers.

These documents are mostly from the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad and contain court rulings, correspondence between the court and lawyers, a report issued by the Jewish Religious Court, announcements in the newspaper concerning court decisions, and receipts for the newspaper announcements. Much of the correspondence is in Judeo-Arabic.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The item includes fundraising letters for the establishment of the Jewish Lay Council’s School Relief Committee, invoices for construction materials for repairs and utilities; budget estimates, guides for school administrators, test administration instructions, student rosters, and documents pertaining to teachers and employment issues. Correspondence is in Arabic, English, and French, and comes from Switzerland, Bombay, England, and Shanghai. There is one birth certificate from 1946.

These documents include financial receipts, including postage receipts, a bicycle purchase; bills such as power, water, and phone; community organization invoices, repairs for office equipment, construction materials, printing, office supplies, advertising, handwritten ledgers, notices for outstanding balances, community announcements in newspapers, and lists of expenditures for different items and services purchased by the Baghdadi Jewish Community. There are statements from La Société Anonyme Ottomane des Tramways Eclairages et Forces Electriques de Baghdad, the precursor to the Baghdad Light and Power company.

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The item includes a handwritten grade book, birth and marriage certificates, and correspondence regarding requests for financial assistance from Iraqi Jewish charitable organizations. One letter is from a father requesting financial assistance from a university and the President of the Jewish Community confirming these issues. The item also contains many newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding increasing anti-Jewish sentiments and sectarianism in Iraq.

This is a collection of newspaper clippings in Arabic. Articles include content such as: Anti-Jewish themes; the Iraqi government's response to Jewish emigration; Jews in Muslim and/or Arab countries; citizenship laws and the abrogation of citizenship; Zionism; Anti-Jewish legislation. The newspapers are: النباء (Al-Nabā’); الامة (Al-‘Umma); الحصون (Al-Ḥaṣūn); اليقظة (Al-Yaqaẓa/Al-Yaqẓa); الدخبار (Al-Dakhbār); لواء الاستقلال (Lawā’ Al-Istiqlāl); الزمان (Al-Zamān); الحواداث (Al-Ḥawādth); الدفة (Al-Dafah); الاخبار (Al-Akbār); النهار (Al-Nahār); الفخ (Al-Fakh); الاراء (Al-Arā’)