These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included is information relating to building the Sasson Eskell Technical School: blue prints and architectural plans, lists of required materials for the building and operation of the school; letters to David Eskell about the school’s establishment; proposed curriculum and subjects of study. The item also contains documents concerning property owned by Jewish organizations such as Ḥevrah Ḳadishah and Midrash Talmud Torah.

This item contains correspondence between the Iraqi government and the Baghdadi Jewish schools concerning a number of subjects, such as test administration procedures, upcoming events, information concerning students and faculty, and requests that school administrations adhere to the guidelines put forth by the government. There are also receipts, a ledger indicating book orders, and several recording school statistics from Mus’ūdah Yousef Shemtob School.

These are financial records for the Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee which is affiliated with several Jewish schools in Baghdad and used by the schools and the Jewish community. This binder contains orders for building materials and field plans. There are financial documents including requests for bank statements, accounting ledgers, electric and water bills, accounts payable and accounts receivable
certificate of school inspection, post office receipts, and information from the Office of Social Security.

These are archival documents from the Jewish schools in Baghdad. Included is a 1942 notebook by the Frank Iny School teacher, Bahija Ahmed Shhab, and correspondence between the Frank Iny School and Baghdad University confirming Shhab's appointment as a teacher. Other documents include: the administrative affairs and management of the Iraqi Jewish schools in Baghdad containing a booklet with a completed form of a teacher’s resume hired by the private Middle School for girls; a letter requesting the hire of a teacher addressed to the head of the Jewish Schools Committee in 1945; a letter to the head of the school requesting time off and sick leave days for teachers; a letter from the Frank Iny School to the University of Baghdad president in 1960 confirming that a teacher had worked at a middle school in 1946.

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is a letter from the British Military Governor for the allotment of lambs for the Jewish New Year 1918. Included are various correspondences: what students should bring to the Rabbinical College in Rhodes, Greece; verifications of birth certificates; letter and reply to the Jewish Lay Council from the Institute for the Blind to report its budget for 1934; letter from the Girls Sewing Charitable Society that lists its budget for 1934; letter from the head of Ozer Dalim Society to the President of the Jewish community regarding charity; 1933-1934 budget for Tomkhe Tora Society in Baghdad; letter from Chief Rabbi Benjamin Moshi; letter from the budget council of the Jewish Lay Council to all accountants in the Jewish community regarding decisions and instructions on budgets for 1934; letter from an accountant addressed to the head of the budget council regarding annual budget for 1934 - expenses, property tax, Jewish schools, wages for retired and needy people; spreadsheets containing expenses and revenues of the belongings of the Jewish community - hospitals, Morashi and education institutes; letter to a military figure asking for the release of six named war prisoners in 1919; letter from a legal codification department requesting deputy rabbi to look into a divorce subject to the rabbinical system in 1929; letters about a legal case of a woman claiming the right to collect her deceased husband's allowance, arguments stating she was divorced before he died; letter to the Lay Council concerning a house contract and a settlement; letter from the administration office of the Jewish community to a tenant regarding money for leasing a house; letter from the President of the Jewish community addressed to Iraqi government and Council of Ministers urging them to help distressed victims that were subjected to a catastrophic burglary and damage to their properties and shops, a total of 2731 families; letters to the Jewish Schools Committee regarding decreasing wages, transfers, retirements, sale of school belongings, requests interpretation of some amount to be reported, decrees and increases of allocated money; 1100 new students and their requirements from Jewish community funds; school debts and a copy of the annual budget; a teacher requests a teaching job in Almedrash School or any Jewish school in Baghdad appended by recommendation to the head of the Jewish Lay Council; request to make changes on class schedules and other educational arrangements. Correspondences from community members to the President of the Jewish Community regarding personal issues: help to finding relatives; dispute on a dowry issue; burials; a teacher requests a financial reward for 32 years of working in Midrash Talmud Torah, requests to continue to receive a retirement allowance of deceased husband; letter to Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri from a member of the Supreme Court requesting an additional salary for some extra work he does to help him financially; letter from workers requesting salary increases to the President of the Jewish Butchery; list of thirty names of needy and retired people whose allowances were decided upon by the Jewish Lay Council and approved by General Council. Also included are issues of the Iraqi Chronicle in 1973 on the nationalization of Exxon and Mobil Oil companies.

This material includes several pamphlets and records from a school for the blind, the Marriage Relief Society for Girls, and a sewing school for girls. The records contain financial and budgetary information, donor lists, images of students, and curriculum information. Also included are correspondence between the Baghdadi Jewish community and the Iraqi government concerning the establishment and operation of these charitable institutions.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community, mostly financial documents such as bills and receipts. Also within the item is correspondence between a Girl's School and the Iraqi government.

This item contains financial information concerning the monthly expenditures of the Baghdadi Jewish Community. The item also contains a religious court's ruling concerning divorces.

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.

These are archival documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash schools. They contain printed booklets for student awards ceremonies recognizing students from Shamash Secondary School, Frank Iny School, and Menahem S. Daniel's School. There are the results of a short story or essay contest for the Frank Iny and Shamash schools, including instructions for judges on how to score submissions and judge score cards. The file also contains ledgers of students receiving the awards and enrollment information; handwritten receipts for fees; correspondence regarding student affairs; exam scores; school supply receipts; and class rosters.

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 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.

This item contains documents pertaining to the schools administered by the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included among the documents are budgetary reports, matriculation exam results, and reports concerning conditions within the schools.

These documents relate to education and include correspondence between the Iraqi Directorate of Education Office of Primary and Secondary Schools and the President of the Jewish Community regarding student enrollment, new admissions and expenses, as well as a speech from the Syrian education minister at UNESCO. This item also includes a report to the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning a new periodical published by the Communist in Lebanon and Syria.

This is a comprehensive 1946-1947 budget for organizations of the Baghdadi Jewish Community, including the Jewish schools, hospitals, the Spiritual Council, and the President of the Jewish community. Details include salaries and past financial audits for 1944-1946, with projected versus actual spending. There is also correspondence regarding the collection of financial data.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community that consist of notices of community meeting agendas and meeting minutes, addressing a variety of issues including school staff, elected community positions, Kosher food, totals of butchered Kosher meat for the meat tax, and budget planning. There is a small booklet titled “Statues for the Jewish Orphans Charitable Organization, 1948.” There are documents listing members of the community involved in different community or religious organizations, including various school subcommittees and members of particular synagogues. There is a copy of the booklet titled: "The Jewish Community Law # 77 and the Jewish Community System #36 for the year 1931" and is printed in both Arabic and Judeo-Arabic. The laws were published in an Iraqi newspaper in 1931. This was published in Baghdad by the Jewish Charity Council and there are several copies of the laws in the collection.

These archival materials contain handwritten notes and receipts paid by Hadiah Munchi Salih Girls School for various services: restoration, worker payments, revenues and expenses, bidding list for rubble sale, electrical repair, and an amount of state tax. Also included are bills for construction of Menahem S. Daniel's clinic: plans for the construction, building, security and property tax. It also includes bills belonging to the National School: construction, furniture plans, doors, and maintenance.

These documents primarily contain correspondence between the Midrash Committee, the Midrash school, Midrash Talmud Torah, and the Jewish Schools Committee in Baghdad. They discuss the monthly salaries of individuals working for the various religious organizations. There is a typed copy of the annual report for the Midrash school, 1945-1946. There are also unrelated documents from the British Military Governor’s Office to the Chief Rabbi from 1917. This correspondence relates to members of the Jewish community being allowed out after curfew (including to summon midwives), and the use of lights after permitted hours for religious celebration; the establishment of a charitable committee for poor relief in each community; and a letter requesting unleavened bread for Jewish prisoners during the Jewish holiday of Passover.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are lease agreements managed by Heskel Shemtob, president of the Jewish Lay Council and executor of the Nuraeil endowment, construction plans and bid specifications, and blueprints of a community land plot.

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.

These are archival materials from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Contents and topics include: correspondence between the different community committees, the Iraqi government, schools in Baghdad, and the diaspora community – primarily the Jewish community in Shanghai, China. The Chief Rabbi receives a letter from the head of the American School for Boys in Baghdad rejecting a request for admitting a student on scholarship. There are letters about life insurance and insurance for the community as a whole. Other items include correspondence regarding travel to Iran; a chart with the names of Jewish schools and hospitals and their dates of establishment; a handwritten note requesting proof of service certification from the head of the Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital because of the financial hardship of the requester; and a letter from the President of the Jewish community in Baghdad congratulating a member of the Shanghai-Baghdadi diaspora community on receiving the “Order of the Brilliant Jade” award from the Chinese government.

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.

This item includes Baghdadi Jewish Religious Court records and memos concerning marriage, divorce, dowry, alimony payments, property issues, and financial matters. The item also includes burial related expense reports, documents concerning Baghdadi Jewish emigration and citizenship issues, and a request to the Chaldean Patriarchy to provide copies of the Bible.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. This item contains documents and correspondences pertaining to Baghdadi Jews abrogating their Iraqi citizenship in order to travel abroad. Included is an offer from a travel company about arranging transportation for the airlift of Iraqi Jews from Iraq to Israel (Operation Ezra and Nehemiah), complaints to the Iraqi government concerning police interference with Jews traveling, announcements to the Baghdadi Jewish community about opportunities to learn more about the citizenship laws and to forfeit citizenship, and correspondence between the government and the Jewish community concerning citizens who desire to forfeit their citizenship but have complicated circumstances. The item also contains letters in Judeo-Arabic, many which include community members' names.