These are materials from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included is correspondence between the Society for Arts Culture and other educational institutions verifying a student's previous attendance or certificates. The item also contains correspondence between the Society and the Iraqi government concerning students' registration status and military service.

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

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 legal documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The files contain records and correspondence from the Jewish Religious courts pertaining to legal issues concerning members of the Jewish community.

These are documents containing correspondence between the Iraqi government and the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools administrations. The item contains documents about income tax figures, maintenance needs, insurance policies, and records of soft drink purchases. The item also includes employment verification, letters to students' parents concerning registration, and letters of recommendation written by the school on behalf of students seeking entry into college.

This is a printing of the official newspaper of the government of Iraq, Al-Waqā’i‘ al-‘Irāqiyah, published by the Office of General Publicity. It is number 2271 and the beginning of number 2272. It contains: Law 87/1973, an amendment to the Unified Labor Code law 151/1970; Law 702/1973, regarding the Agrarian Reform law 117/1970; Instructions for Law 71/1973, which amend instructions 9/1970, pertaining to the Agricultural Council; Law 89/1973, amending the 54/1952 law on Tobacco; and Law 44/1973, related to law 63/1958 on borrowing and issuing treasury bonds. There are also government announcements, lists of political appointees and retirees to various government ministries, and changes in policy at various government agencies.

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 financial documents from the Frank Iny schools. They are promissory notes from the school, and receipts and invoices from a variety of vendors for construction and maintenance work, book orders, water, electricity, toys, office and school supplies, and printing.

These are documents relating to the Baghdadi Jewish community, many about Iraqi citizenship. Included are various correspondences between the Jewish community and the Iraqi government. Correspondence with the Secretary General of the Frozen Fund Administration regarding the revocation of Iraqi citizenship of employees at Jewish establishments and daily payment of workers; a letter with names and salaries of employees; a letter from the Secretariat for Monitoring and Managing the Funds of the Jews to the Jewish Hospital Council proclaiming Jewish Iraqi citizenship and permitting employers to pay the employees but freeze a percentage of their salary for the Secretariat. Correspondence with the Secretariat to Monitor and Manage the Funds of the Jews: proclaiming Iraqi Citizenship to the Directorate of Travel and Citizenship, and to the President of the Jewish Community verifying if certain people are having their Iraqi citizenship revoked; requesting the release of a Jewish community fund; the formation of a committee to manage the affairs of David Ezra Synagogue; inquires related to property; request to exempt the Jewish poor from paying tax on their belongings when leaving Iraq; a request to return a shop belonging to the Jewish community; paying the Jewish cemetery guard accumulated salaries; returning an endowed Jewish property; provisions to help the Jewish poor; releasing items belonging to Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (burial society) for Jewish burial; returning the endowed eye hospital and pharmacy; Information about Hebrew religious books in the storage of the Directorate; letters between the President of the Jewish Community and Iraqi government offices regarding exchanging information and answering inquiries, the heirs of Jewish deceased, names, Jewish hospital operations, property tax, lifting the "hand" from the Jewish community funds, and management of the Jewish community funds. Documents relating to Baghdadi Synagogues: an inventory from Mindili Synagogue; correspondence between the Committee on the Administration of Ezra Synagogue and the Directory of Rights and Commercial Matters regarding the members of Ezra Synagogue citizenship status; correspondence from the Jewish Lay Council and banks about opening a bank account for Ezra Synagogue; correspondence from the Lay Council to the Secretary General of the frozen funds regarding the name of the Ezra synagogue committee. Correspondence between the Jewish Lay Council to the General Secretariat regarding exporting 100 Jewish books to without paying for the silver cover; a reply from Municipality of Rights and Commercial Matters to permit the export of the books if it had no silver cover; the Jewish presidency’s reply that it is a family owned, there are not commercial items, and it is against the freedom of religion law. Correspondence from Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri: to the General Directorate of Import regarding Iraqi Jewish property taxes, the Jewish properties exempted from tax, hospitals, schools and orphanages; to the Chairman of the Property requesting a copy of plans and documents of properties belonging to the Jewish community; to the Director of Property Tax requesting a reduction or exemption of property tax for demolition or vacancy reasons.

This is a folder from the Iraqi government. It contains correspondence between the Office of Education – Baghdad, the Ministry of Education, the Office of Civilian and Foreign Primary School Administration for All Boys and Girls (Schools), the Ministry of Finance, and various local Jewish schools. Subject matters include agreements regarding a collaborative competition, certifications, student disciplinary issues and expulsions, employee pay, annual report, religious education (both Jewish and Muslim), lists of students in higher education institutions, students' paperwork, and the schedule of general exams.

This is correspondence between the President of Jewish Community and the head of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews regarding administrative and organizational matters in the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools. Also included is community financial information; a letter from the Ministry of Finance to the President of the Jewish Community requesting income tax payments for workers; payroll ledgers of Jewish community employees and workers salaries; budget accounts for the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society); the financial status at the end of 1958; a receipt for the collection of state funds; and forms filing for tax extensions.

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They contain financial and legal correspondence from the Jewish Religious Court, Shamash Secondary School, President of the Jewish Community and the Iraqi State Railways regarding employees – a teacher’s separation, coordination for an employee to leave for a court case, and financial disputes.

These archival documents contain issues of the Iraqi Gazette (Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah), the official newspaper of the Republic of Iraq. Issues are from 1949 through 1958 (numbers 292, 4104, 2698, 2938, 2939, 3779, 3455, 3261, 3080, 3018, 2997, 2971, 2965, 2953, 2951, 2945, 2944, 2942, 2817). Included in these issues are official documents about anti-Jewish legislation and financial recourse after citizenship is revoked. There are letters included about restoration of citizenship to the Iraqi Ambassador in Lebanon; legal decisions about the nationality law; and frozen funds of the Jewish community. Also included are import regulations and trademark registrations.

This is a newspaper titled الشعب (“The Nation/People”) and is issue #7514 from May 1, 1953. Topics include the Syrian foreign minister in Baghdad and Britain advising Jordan and Israel. There is one annotation on the last page around an announcement from the President of the Jewish Community and acting president of the Jewish Lay Council (Heskel David Shemtob) wishing King Faisal II well.

This is correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community, the Jewish Religious Court, Iraqi government departments, and public and private employers regarding salaries, legal cases, payments, receipts and invoices.

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They contain correspondence regarding marriages, divorces, civil disputes; the birthday celebrations of the Iraqi king, responses to inquires about the treatment of Iraqi Jews under Iraq’s citizenship laws, the history of Jews in Iraq, and the provision of Jewish artifacts to the Iraqi Museum. There are receipts for furniture stores and other vendors, invoices; budget allocations, deficits, and planning for various community organizations and institutions; ritual slaughtering administration, names of butchers with the numbers of animals slaughtered, names of community organization members, ledgers of payments for goods or fees, building plans, provisions for school children, concerns over hospital food distribution, blanket distribution to the poor, receptions, meetings, shipment orders, import and export of goods, the care of orphans, and a census on the number of synagogues in Baghdad in 1945 (40). There are copies of a printed text titled “Appeal to Save the Children.” Letters include: the President of the Jewish Community to the Controller of Foodstuffs in Baghdad thanking the Controller for the allotment of sugar and tea for the students at the Rahel Shamoon School; addressing complaints at the Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad; purchasing blankets for the poor via the Poor Welfare Society; sending money rather than clothes from an importer in New York City to the poor in Baghdad since clothing costs have gone up.

These are complete student education records, including photographs, from the Baghdadi Jewish Schools.

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community committees and associations through which the Jewish community conducted its business; included for each committee are names of chairmen, board of directors, and secretaries. The documents contain correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community and various Jewish schools in Baghdad, including Frank Iny, Tomkhe Tora Society (teaching Torah to poor children), and the Midrash Talmuh Torah Schools. Subjects include classroom assignments, teacher salaries, requests for Hebrew Bibles from the British and Foreign Bible Society in London for schools in Baghdad. There is also correspondence with the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior regarding the laws of establishing organizations, and documents outlining the arrangement of various organizations including the Dorshe Tora Society (teaching Torah to adults) and Ozer Dalim (committee for helping the poor); correspondence between the Jewish Lay Council and the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce, the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society), Meir Elias Hospital and the Jewish Hospitals Committee; correspondence regarding the training of ambulance attendants, the annual report of the Red Crescent Society from 1947, and lists of the heads and structure of Jewish organizations, hospitals and schools. These committees were all vital in the daily life of Baghdadi Jews.