3074

IJA Number: 3074

Correspondence, Primarily Regarding the Jewish Hospital in Baghdad

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. The majority of the documents relate to the Jewish Hospital in Baghdad but included are other correspondence within the community. It also includes a letter from a German Jewish Doctor from 1933 trying to move to Baghdad.

Bibliographic Information

Inclusive Start Date:

1921

Inclusive End Date:

1948

Archival Materials Type:

Paper

Record Type:

Archival Materials

Language:

Multiple Languages

Format

Binding Format:

Ring Binder

Cover Material:

Ring Binder

Preservation

Mold Remediation:

Mold Remediated

Flattening:

None

Disbound / Disassembled:

Yes

Mended:

Yes

Other Treatment:

One page treated for exhibit. See treatment report for more details.

Rehoused:

Foldered and Boxed

Exhibit:

Page(s) from this item were exhibited as a facsimile at "Discovery and Recovery: Preserving Iraqi Jewish Heritage" at the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, from October 2013 - January 2014, and at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City, in Spring 2014.

Metadata

Last Updated:

December 16, 2014

Keywords:

Typed; Annotation; Handwritten; Receipts; Correspondence; Ink Stamp; Revenue Stamp; Financial; Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews; Medicine; Meir Elias Hospital; Jewish Lay Council; Jewish Physicians Board; Chief Rabbi; Judeo-Arabic; Ministry of Justice; Jewish Hospitals Committee; Ministry of the Interior; Office of Public Health; Iraqi Government; Department of Posts & Telegraphs; Waqf; Office of Waqfs; Baghdad; Ministry of Social Affairs; Burial Society; Department of Imports and Exports; Head of Baghdad Health District; Employment; Labor; Accounting; Charity; Personal Letterhead; Letterhead; Legal; President of the Jewish Community; King Faisal; Invoices; Dar-el-Shifa/Refouah Pharmacy; Ḥevrah Ḳadishah; French