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.

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 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.