3707

IJA Number: 3707

Correspondence Regarding Standardized Exams, Shamash Secondary School

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. They contain correspondence regarding payments for the SAT and Achievement Tests between the president of the Jewish community, the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J., the Bank of Iraq, and the principal of the Shamash Secondary School. There are also several brochure publications regarding administration of standardized tests, advertisements for supplemental test preparation, generic correspondence from the Educational Testing Services, forms assessing English language competency, and copies of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam for 1964.

Bibliographic Information

Inclusive Start Date:

1958

Inclusive End Date:

1970

Archival Materials Type:

Paper

Record Type:

Archival Materials

Language:

Arabic/English

Format

Binding Format:

Ring Binder

Cover Material:

Missing

Preservation

Mold Remediation:

Mold Remediated

Flattening:

Local

Disbound / Disassembled:

Yes

Mended:

Yes

Other Treatment:

Some clay coated papers could not be unblocked. One page treated for exhibit. 1) MOLD REMEDIATION AND SURFACE CLEANING The page was mold remediated with a HEPA filter Nilfisk vacuum and soft brushes in a fume hood. The page was then surface cleaned with Staedtler Mars plastic eraser crumbs. 2) HUMIDIFICATION AND FLATTENING The page was humidified in a chamber and then flattened between blotters. 3) PAPER REPAIR Tears were mended on the verso with acrylic-toned long fiber paper (Hiromi MMN-1 Tengucho), adhered with methyl cellulose and Aytex P wheat starch paste in a remoistenable tissue preparation.

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; Letterhead; Hakham Sassoon Khedouri; Ink Stamp; Financial; Receipt; Postage Stamp; Ottoman Bank; Shamash Secondary School; New York; Form; University of Baghdad; Frank Iny School; Invoice; Newspaper; Baghdad College; Bank of Iraq; SAT Exam; Standardized Test; Foreign Exchange Control Department; College Entrance Examination Board; Printed Text; Illustration; Students; American Institute of Languages; Advertisement; Envelope; U.S.; School Material; High School; Exams