Voices from the Archive

IJA 3779

Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, Frank Iny School

Description

These are documents from the Frank Iny School in Baghdad including receipts, invoices, and promissory notes for local vendors including booksellers, office and building suppliers, hardware, painters, maintenance, newspapers and magazines, utilities and phone bills, and the Iraq Insurance Office and Guardian Assurance Company for fire insurance.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 3779
Item Number: 7006
Date: Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages: Arabic, English
Keywords: Annotation, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Baghdad Light and Power, Bills, Electricity Bill, Financial, Form, Fragment, Frank Iny School, Handwritten, Illustration, Ink Stamp, Insurance, Invoice, Iraqi Government, Letterhead, Ministry of Education, Office of Telephone Administration, Pharmacy, Printed Text, Promissory Bills, Receipt, Revenue Stamp, Schools, Shamash Secondary School, Thumbprint, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 26-50

Page 28

I have received from the administration of
Frank Iny School
one dinar and eight hundred fils
for the value of sawdust
three sacks ⟦...⟧
Fils Dinar
1.800
⟦signature⟧
15 / 2

Page 30

I received from the school
two Dinars
and four hundred Fils for
the value of 7 scrapers with
+ a palm tree knife
i.e. pruning with 3 sickles
for gardens
Dinar
2 400

Page 32

251
Frank Iny School
New Alwiyah - Baghdad, Tel. 91693
Frank Iny School
NEW ALWIYAH - BAGHDAD, Tel. 91693
600 Fils Postage Stamps
⟦The twisted⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 33

Frank Iny School
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate and Primary
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Telephone No. 91693
Number ⟦line⟧ :
No. ⟦line⟧ :
Date ⟦line⟧ :
Date ⟦line⟧ :
Accountant
Answer for textbook expenses

Page 35

AL-SAADA STORE
Happiness Store
For Glass & Mirror Cutting
For selling and installing glass and mirrors
PROP. ABDUL ZAHRA ALI
Of all kinds, wholesale and retail
« Owned by Abdul Zahra Ali »
Ghazi St, Bab Al-Shekh Tel. ( )
Ghazi Street, Bab al-Sheikh, Telephone ( )
Baghdad - - 192
Baghdad on 8 - 3 - 1959
To the respected:
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Millimeter | Feet | Price
540 |  | Ordinary glass | 8 | 16 | 11 |
240 |  | 〃 〃 | 2 | 28 | 11 |
200 |  | ⟦Hard⟧ putty |  |  |  |
080 | 1 | Total |  |  |  |
Note: Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Page 36

I have received from the Frank Iny School
nine hundred fils for the value of a lorry of sand
to the school garden, Saleh Jarallah
⟦signature⟧ Saleh
9 / 7 / 1955

Page 40

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 2 / 2 / 1959
Dear Sir: Respectable Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinars | Details
⟦3⟧70 |  | Large lined paper (200) printed
250 |  | " " plain " (200) printed
280 |  | " " plain foolscap (500)
500 |  | Small Arabic envelopes
450 |  | Large Arabic envelopes
850 | 1 | Only one dinar and eight hundred and fifty fils
No more
And I have received the amount in cash
On behalf of
⟦illegible⟧
The Iraqi Republic
10 Fils
2/2
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Page 41

Ministry of Education
New Teacher Magazine
Baghdad
Number 7077
7077
Dinar | Fils
1 | --
Received from: Administration of Shamash Preparatory School and Frank Iny School / Al-Wiyah - Baghdad
The sum of only: One Dinar and no more
For the subscription fee of: 4 copies
In the New Teacher Magazine for the year: 1959
Date 3 / 3 / 1959
⟦Abdul Razzaq⟧
Clerk of the New Teacher Magazine

Page 42

⟦illegible⟧
Please deliver to us from your warehouse ⟦illegible⟧ in papers ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
1953
22 April 1953 ⟦illegible⟧
35 7 7
Bina Ahmed

Page 43

Store
R. Alowan & Sons. Ridha Alwan and his sons
STORE Asfar Street - Karrada
Asfar Street - Karrada.
Phone { Dir. 7371 Phone Number { Director 7371
Offi. 9468 Shop 9468
Res. 9468 A Residence 9468 A
Date / / 195 Date 28 / 2 / 1959
To: Honorable ⟦School⟧
Fils | Dinar | Goods
400 |  | ⟦Electrical wire⟧
28/2/59
⟦signature⟧
Note: We have fruits and vegetables
Ready to install electrical wiring
Signature

Page 46

Water Liquefaction Department for Baghdad Area
Bill
198
Amount | Fee Type Explanation on back | Quantity Consumed | Meter Readings | Reading Dates
|  |  |  | Current | Previous
2.850 | 16 | 200 | 2053 | 4/2 | 8/12
.100 | 9 |  | 1853 |  |
2.950 TOT |  |  |  |  |
Frank Iny School
Address 15/6/22 Rahbiya
Subscription Number 2432
Meter 5
92452 1/2 88 - 41/2
The Meter
The bill amount must be paid within one month from the date of its issuance, and at the end of
this period, a notice will be given to pay within 7 days, after which the water supply will be cut off if
payment is not made.
Water Liquefaction Department for Baghdad Area

Page 47

Shop of
Yassin Al-Takmachi
Seller of all kinds of stationery and commercial notebooks
Baghdad - Samawal Street
Date: 22 / 9 / 195⟦8⟧
Mister: Respectable Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinar | Quantity | Details
600- |  | 6 | Large white glue
100
600- |  |  |
Received in cash only six hundred
fils and nothing else
⟦signature⟧

Page 48

Received from Frank School
the sum of three dinars and four
hundred fils for the value
of a truckload of sand with ten
loads of fertilizer for the school garden
Fils | Dinar | Salih Jar Allah
400 | 3
Salih
2/22/959
3 | 400
⟦illegible⟧

Page 49

1/29/1954
Tools account from 6 to 27
Tea | Coffee | Coal
92 | 24 | 5
Fils | Fils | Fils
736 | 240 | 70
736
240
070
1046
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Total Dinars
1 046

Page 50

Administration account ⟦and examinations⟧
Number
21 Friday tea for teachers
27 Sunday tea for teachers
9 Sunday coffee for teachers
Tea | Coffee
<del>Number</del> |
48 | 9
Fils | Fils
544 | 90
544
90
634
Hafez