3077

IJA Number: 3077

President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community, Personal and Communal Documents

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.

Bibliographic Information

Inclusive Start Date:

1945

Inclusive End Date:

1949

Archival Materials Type:

Paper

Record Type:

Archival Materials

Language:

Multiple Languages

Format

Binding Format:

Ring Binder

Cover Material:

Ring Binder

Preservation

Mold Remediation:

None Observed

Flattening:

Local

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; Correspondence; Annotation; Handwritten; President of the Jewish Community; Jewish Lay Council; Letterhead; Crown Crest; Iraqi Government; Chief Rabbi; Hakham Sassoon Khedouri; Judeo-Arabic; Ink Stamp; Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews; Ministry of Social Affairs; Financial; Employment; Travel; Receipt; Kirkuk; Silas Khedouri High School; Office of Telephone Administration; Basrah; Medicine; Labor; Postage Stamp; Jerusalem; Palestine; Laura Khedouri School for Girls; Assistant Secretary of the Capital; The Royal Court; Department of Posts & Telegraphs; Telegram; Military; Iraqi Red Crescent Society; Cairo; Charitable Sewing Society for Girls; Ambulance Association; Primary School; Public School; Association of Helping the Poor; Charitable; Administrative Offices of Public Railways; Marriage; Jewish Life; Controller of Programming & Licensing; Ottoman Bank; Ministry of the Interior; Army Command Center; Personal Letterhead; Shamash Secondary School; Afghanistan; Ministry of Defense; Teachers; Encyclopedia; New York; Ezra Menahem Daniel; Form; Printed Text; London; Engineering; University of Baghdad; Midrash Talmud Torah; Frank Iny School; Business Card; American School for Boys in Baghdad; Alliance School; Chargé d‘Affaires; U.S.; Soviet Union; China; Najaf; Mosul; Invoice; Karbala; Ministry of Supply; Paris; Jewish Religious Court; Newspaper; Imports; Exports; Jewish Hospitals Committee; Meir Elias Hospital; Department of Imports and Exports; Baghdad College; Iran; American Consulate; Tobacco; Al-Zamān; David Sassoon Primary School for Boys; Menahem S. Daniel's School; French Consulate; Al-Rāfadīn Bank; Iraqi Consulate in Tehran; University of London