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IJA 3753

Correspondence between Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary School and Iraqi Government

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These are documents from the Frank Iny School and the Shamash Secondary School. The item includes correspondence between school administrations and the Iraqi government concerning inspection results, library holdings, teacher employment, requests for school-related supplies, and reports about male/female integrated education.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3753
Item Number
12953
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Annotation, Exam, Frank Iny School, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Iraqi Government, Letterhead, Ministry of Education, Receipts, Shamash Secondary School, Students, Teachers, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 51-75

Page 51

1/ Victoria Sweid  Second A
2/ Nawal Daoud Habib  Second A
3/ Yarhama Khurshid  "
4/ Razina Habib Cohen  "
5/ Sabah Shabat  "
6/ Sabah Kendi  "
7/ Saniya Barr  Third
8/ Bashira Naji  "
9/ Sabah Salem Kafour  "
10/ Jacqueline Zaki  "
7 male students  2 female students
⟦line⟧
Administrative
1- Jihad Daoud Mirza
2- Suad Nouri Salam
Fourth

Page 52

Professor Abdullah
Do you have knowledge of the school's area?
Building approximately 1000 square meters
Yards approximately 5000 square meters
Total approximately 6000 square meters
⟦An⟧
⟦squiggle⟧
5/2

Page 53

Preparatory school 9 male students + 6 female students = 15
and Intermediate 23 male students + 18 female students = 41
⟦line⟧
⟦Frank Iny School⟧
⟦for the ...⟧

Page 54

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number ⟦line⟧ ⟦61/111⟧
Date ⟦line⟧ ⟦7/5/1961⟧
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa.
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 20213 and dated 4/22/1961.
We attach herewith the school statistical form for the Ministry of Planning with the required information entered
therein.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
A copy to /
Ministry of Planning / Central Bureau of Statistics
With a copy of the above form.
⟦illegible⟧

Page 55

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F/ ⟦117⟧ / ⟦61⟧
Date: ⟦7 / 5 / 1961⟧
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa.
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 20213 and dated 22 / 4 / 1961.
We attach herewith the school statistics form for the Ministry of Planning with the required information
included therein.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Registered⟧
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
A copy to /
Ministry of Planning / Central Bureau of Statistics
With a copy of the above form.

Page 56

12
1- Violet Sobhi | ⟦Affairs⟧
2- Basima Muayyad | Preparatory
3- Fawzia Ahmed | "
4- Budour Zaya | "
5- Najiba Munshi | Teachers' Institute
6- Rajiha Darwish | Arts
7- Adiba Sanqour | Girls' Commerce
8- Saida Younis | Institute of Education
9- Salima Bashir | " Education
10- Lulia Muhammad | Arts
11- Lillian Maria | French Baccalaureate
12- ⟦N. A. Sobhi⟧ | Nursing Course
<del>According to their appointment</del>
⟦Shalwah Suwayri⟧ | Adiba Arshal
Salma Abdul Wahid | Buthaina Taher
Eliza Munshi | Nazima Nouri
| Sabiha Zalal

Page 61

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F / 111 / 61
Date: 3 / 5 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 20035 and dated 22 / 4 / 1961.
We have not received the template of the letters addressed to the parents of students when they fall behind
in lessons and their absences; please send a copy of it to us to act accordingly.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature inside blue stamp⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 62

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F / 111 / 61
Date: 3 / 5 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 20035 and dated 22 / 4 / 1961.
We have not received the template of the letters addressed to the parents of students when they fall short
in their lessons and their absences; please send a copy of it to us to act accordingly.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature in blue ink⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 63

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number F/ 110 / 61
Date 3 / 5 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Greetings.
We attach herewith two copies of inspection form No. 13 after recording the
required information in them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 64

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F/ 69 / 601
Date: 6 / 3 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Greetings.
The majority of this school's books have been organized and registered according to the instructions
communicated to us previously. Enclosed are lists with the names of these books; please inform us
of receipt.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 65

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number F/ 110 / 66
Date 3 / 5 / 1966
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Greetings.
We attach herewith two copies of inspection form No. 13 after recording the
required information in them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Record⟧
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 66

Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Education
General Education Inspectorate
Primary
Form belonging to the General Inspectorate
No. 13
For the month of April 1961
School Name: Frank Iny School
Province: Baghdad
Inspector Name: Mr. Hassan Abd Zalzala
Date of Visit: 16 / 4 / 1961
Duration spent on inspection: Three hours
Date of form submission: 3 / 5 / 1961
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
⟦illegible⟧

Page 67

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F/ ⟦9⟧ / 61
Date: 13 / 4 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Certificates
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 16618 and dated 8 / 4 / 1961.
The students of the third intermediate grade in this school wish to continue
studying the French language in their fourth year in the future as well. Noting
that the French language has been taught in all classes of our school as an elective for a
long time.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 68

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F/ 92 / 61
Date: 12 / 4 / 1961
Governorate of Baghdad Province
After greetings.
Approval was previously obtained for our school to hold two theatrical performances on the
15th and 16th of this April, and since the approval of His Excellency the Military Governor General was
granted on 12 / 3 / 1961, please kindly approach His Excellency the Military Governor
General to renew the necessary permit and set it for the 22nd and 23rd of this April.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 69

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number F/ 96
Date 13 / 4 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa
Records
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 16694 and dated 8 / 4 / 1961.
We have received with much thanks two copies of the second part of the book Principles of the 14
July Revolution in the speeches of His Excellency Leader Abdul Karim Qasim and we have deposited them in the school library
according to the regulations. Please provide us with the first part of the same book as well, as we have not
received this part previously.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 70

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F/ 95 / 61
Date: 13 / 4 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Certificates
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 16698 and dated 8 / 4 / 1961.
The students of the third intermediate grade in this school wish to continue
studying the French language in their fourth year in the future as well. Knowing
that the French language has been taught in all classes of our school as an elective for a
long time.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 71

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F/ ⟦96⟧ / 61
Date: ⟦13 / 4 / 1961⟧
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Records
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 16694 and dated 8 / 4 / 1961.
We have received with much thanks two copies of the second part of the book Principles of the 14
July Revolution in the speeches of His Excellency Leader Abdul Karim Qasim and we have deposited them in the school library
duly. Please provide us with the first part of the same book as well, as we have not previously
received this part before.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 72

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F/ 90 / 61
Date: 3 / 4 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa
Subject/ Inspection Form
Greetings.
We attach herewith in two copies the inspection form No. 13 after recording the
required information in it.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature/stamp⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 73

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number F/ 9 / 60
Date 3 / 4 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa
Subject/ Inspection Form
After greetings,
We attach herewith in two copies the inspection form No. 13 after recording the
required information in it.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 74

Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Education
General Inspectorate of Education
Primary
Form belonging to the General Inspectorate
Number 13
For the month of March 1961
School Name: Frank Iny School
Province: Baghdad
Inspector Name: ⟦line⟧
Inspection Date: ⟦line⟧
Date of Form Submission 3 / 4 / 1961
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 75

Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadidah
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh / ⟦22⟧ / 61 /
Date: ⟦30 / 3 / 1961⟧
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Greetings.
Upon referring to our records, it was found that Mr. Naeem Badawi has, since
29 / 1 / 1950, been delivering lectures on the subject of the Arabic language to the students of the
fifth secondary grade of this school, and he continued delivering these lectures
until the end of the academic year 49 / 1950. Based on his request, we have provided him with this
document.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
A copy to /
The aforementioned