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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 601-625

Page 601

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
Number F/ ⟦26⟧ / 61
Date 28 / 9 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Greetings.
Please be so kind as to order the supply of textbooks whose names and quantities are listed
in the attached list, and with many thanks to you.
Professor Ahmed
I hope the list is not forgotten
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 602

Book Title | Grade | Quantity
National Education | First Intermediate | 60
Reading Part One | ” ” | 30
Preparatory Grammar | ” ” | 30
Literary Texts | ” ” | 40
General Science | ” ” | 50
Geography | ” ” | 60
History of Ancient Eras | ” ” | 60
Principles of Geometry Part 1 | ” ” | 40
Elementary Chemistry | Second ” | 40
Reading Part Two | ” ” | 10
Preparatory Grammar Part 2 | ” ” | 20
Literary Texts | ” ” | 30
Geography of the Homeland | ” ” | 40
Islamic History | ” ” | 40
Duties | ” ” | 10
Geometry Part 2 | ” ” | 20
Biology | ” ” | 20
Intermediate Algebra Part 2 | Third ” | 10
Health and Physiology | ” ” | 30
Preparatory Grammar Part 3 | ” ” | 30
History of Arabic Literature | ” ” | 20
Practical Physics | ” ” | 10
Duties | ” ” | 30
History of Iraq and the Arab World | ” ” | 30
Geography of Iraq | ” ” | 30
Secondary Reading | Fourth Preparatory | 30
Literary Texts | ” ” | 30
Algebra Part One | ” ” | 20
Algebra Part Two | Fifth ” | 20
Literary Texts | ” ” | 30
Solid Geometry | ” ” | 30
Physics Part One | ” ” | 20
Physics Part Two | ” ” | 20
Chemistry | ” ” | 30
Botany | ” ” | 20
Trigonometry | ” ” | 20
Zoology | ” ” | 25
Grammar Applications | ” ” | 30

Page 603

Book Title | Grade | Quantity
National Education | First Intermediate | 60
Reading Part One | " " | 30
Preparatory Grammar | " " | 30
Literary Texts | " " | 40
General Science | " " | 50
Geography | " " | 60
History of Ancient Eras | " " | 60
Principles of Geometry Part 1 | " " | 40
Elementary Chemistry | Second | 40
Reading Part Two | " " | 10
Preparatory Grammar Part 2 | " " | 20
Literary Texts | " " | 30
Geography of the Homeland | " " | 40
Islamic History | " " | 40
Assignments | " " | 10
Geometry Part 2 | " " | 20
Biology | " " | 20
Intermediate Algebra Part 2 | Third | 10
Health and Physiology | " " | 30
Preparatory Grammar Part 3 | " " | 30
History of Arabic Literature | " " | 20
Practical Physics | " " | 10
Assignments | " " | 30
History of Iraq and the Arab World | " " | 30
Geography of Iraq | " " | 30
Secondary Reading | Fourth Preparatory | 30
Literary Texts | " " | 30
Algebra Part One | " " | 20
Algebra Part Two | Fifth " | 20
Literary Texts | " " | 30
Solid Geometry | " " | 30
Physics Part One | " " | 20
Physics Part Two | " " | 20
Chemistry | " " | 30
Botany | " " | 20
Trigonometry | " " | 20
Zoology | " " | 25
Grammar Applications | " " | 30

Page 607

Ministry of Education
Issue List
Head of the Central Education Warehouse Observation in Baghdad
Ministry Letter Number:
Number: 50/292
Date: 1961/9/17
To: Directorate of Education of the <del>Baghdad</del> Province - Frank Eini Intermediate School
Total (Dinar Fils) | Unit Price (Dinar Fils) | Quantity (In figures and words) | Registration Number | Item
1.000 | 1.000 | 1 One |  | Grades and Conduct Register for Secondary Schools
1.400 | - 700 | 2 Two |  | General Secondary Enrollment Register
1.600 | - 160 | 10 Ten |  | Daily Attendance Register
4.000 |  |  |  | The amount to be deducted is four dinars only and no more.
Signature of the delivering official ⟦signature⟧ A copy to: - Signature of the recipient ⟦signature⟧
Full Name <del>Thabit Abdul Ahad</del> Directorate of Supplies Full Name ⟦Akram Habib⟧
Job Title Secondary Stationery Storekeeper <del>Accountant of the Province Education</del> For information Job Title ⟦Secondary School⟧
Accounts Directorate/ Please collect the amount mentioned
above from the school and inform us of that to proceed
with providing the mentioned school with the required materials

Page 608

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
Number F/ 242 / 61
Date 13 / 9 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Greetings. Your letter number 22448 on 27 / 8 / 1961
Please kindly order the supply of our school with the books listed by name and quantity below.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Principal
Book Title | Grade | Quantity
New Arithmetic | First Primary | 45
Arithmetic and Measurements | Third Primary | 40
Arabic Reading | ” ” | 40
Arabic Reading | Fourth Primary | 20
Arithmetic and Measurements | ” ” | 15
National Education | Fifth ” | 30
” ” | Sixth ” | 30
Arithmetic and Measurements | ” ” | 20
⟦Frank Iny School⟧

Page 609

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
Number F/ ⟦242⟧ / 61
Date 12 / 9 / 1961
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Greetings. Your letter ⟦7844⟧ on 1961/8/19
Please kindly order the supply of our school with the books listed by name and quantity below.
Please accept our highest respect.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
Book Title | Grade | Quantity
New Arithmetic | First Primary | 45
Arithmetic and Measurements | Third Primary | 40
Arabic Reading | ” ” | 40
Arabic Reading | Fourth Primary | 20
Arithmetic and Measurements | ” ” | 15
National Education | Fifth ” | 30
” ” | Sixth ” | 30
Arithmetic and Measurements | ” ” | 20

Page 610

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
Number: F / 607
Date: 24 / 10 / 1960
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Greetings.
Please be so kind as to order the supply of the textbooks whose names and quantities
are listed in the attached list.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Abdullah Obadia⟧
Abdullah Obadia
The Principal

Page 611

Fifth Preparatory
| Number
⟦illegible⟧ | 20
Animal | 25
Plant | 20
Solid Geometry | 20
Trigonometry | 10
Third Intermediate
⟦Oxford IV⟧ ⟦line⟧ | 60
Geography | 45
Practical Physics | 45
Second Intermediate
Geography of the Arab World | 55
Islamic History | 55
Biology | 40
First Intermediate
⟦Oxford III⟧ ⟦line⟧ | 40
Geography | 80
National Education | 80
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 612

Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F / ⟦281⟧ / 60
Date: 5 / 10 / 1960
No.:
Date:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Greetings.
Attached is a list of the names and number of textbooks needed by our school. Please
be so kind as to order that we be provided with them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 613

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.:
Date:
No.: F / ⟦281⟧ / 60
Date: 5 / 10 / 1960
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Greetings.
Attached is a list of the names and number of textbooks that our school needs. Please
be so kind as to order that we be provided with them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 617

Frank Iny School
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate and Primary
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No.: 221
No.:
Date: 1960/8/25
Date:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa
Greetings.
Subject: Purchase of books
Reference to your letter numbered 31249 and dated 1960/8/23
Enclosed is a list of the names and number of textbooks needed by our school, which were
mentioned in your letter referred to above. Please kindly order to provide us with them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Abdullah Oweidia⟧
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director

Page 618

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
Number F.A. / ⟦224⟧ / ⟦60⟧
Date 25 / 8 / 1960
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Al-Rusafa
Greetings.
Subject: Purchase of books
Reference to your letter numbered 31249 and dated 23 / 8 / 1960
Enclosed is a list of the names and number of textbooks needed by our school, which were
mentioned in your above-referenced letter. Please kindly order to provide us with them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Abdullah Odia
The Director

Page 619

Frank Aini Primary School
List of required books
Attached F/ ⟦illegible⟧ / 60
On 25 / 8 / 1960
Grade | Subject and Edition | Quantity Required
First Intermediate | Colored Khaldunian Reading 2nd Ed / 59 | 45
First Primary | New Arithmetic 1st Ed / 59 | 60
Second Primary | New in Spelling Part 2 | 80
Third " | History of Ancient Man 2nd Ed / 1959 | 40
Fourth Primary | Geography 8th Ed / 1959 | 60
" " | History 9th Ed / 1959 | 60
" " | Arithmetic 9th Ed / 1959 | 45
" " | Principles of Science and Health 1st Ed 1959 | 60
" " | Arabic Reading 1st Ed 1959 | 60
Fifth Primary | Principles of Science and Health 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | Geography 1st Ed 1959 | 60
" " | Arabic Reading 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | My Language Book 2nd Ed | 60
" " | National Education 1st Ed 1959 | 60
Sixth Primary | Geography 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | My Language Book 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | National Education 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | Principles of Science and Health 1st Ed 1959 | 50
⟦illegible⟧
Frank Aini Primary School
Baghdad
by ⟦illegible⟧

Page 620

Frank Iny Primary School
List of required books
Attachment F/ ⟦22⟧ / 65
On 25 / 8 / 1960
Grade | Subject and Edition | Quantity Required
First Intermediate | Al-Khalduniya Reading 2nd Ed / 59 | 45
First Primary | New Arithmetic 1st Ed / 59 | 60
Second Primary | New in Spelling Part 2 | 80
Third " | History of Ancient Man 2nd Ed / 1959 | 40
Fourth Primary | Geography 1959 Ed / 8 | 60
" " | History 1st Ed / 1959 | 50
" " | Arithmetic 1st Ed / 1959 | 40
" " | Principles of Science and Health 1st Ed 1959 | 60
" " | Arabic Reading 1st Ed 1959 | 60
Fifth Primary | Principles of Science and Health 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | Geography 1st Ed 1951 | 60
" " | Arabic Reading 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | My Language Book 2nd Ed | 60
" " | National Education 1st Ed 1959 | 60
Sixth Primary | Geography 1st Ed 1951 | 50
" " | My Language Book 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | National Education 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | Principles of Science and Health 1st Ed 1959 | 50
Abbas ⟦...⟧
The Director
FRANK INY SCHOOL
⟦...⟧

Page 621

Frank Aini Primary School
List of required books
Attached F/ ⟦282⟧ / 60
On 25 / 8 / 1960
Grade | Subject and Edition | Quantity Required
First Intermediate | Colored Khaldunian Reading 2nd Ed / 59 | 45
First Primary | New Arithmetic 1st Ed / 59 | 60
Second Primary | The New in Spelling Part 2 | 80
Third " | History of Ancient Man 2nd Ed / 1951 | 40
Fourth Primary | Geography 8th Ed / 1959 | 60
" " | History 9th Ed / 1959 | 50
" " | Arithmetic 9th Ed / 1959 | 40
" " | Principles of Science and Health 1st Ed 1951 | 60
" " | Arabic Reading 1st Ed 1959 | 60
Fifth Primary | Principles of Science and Health 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | Geography 1st Ed 1959 | 60
" " | Arabic Reading 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | My Language Book 2nd Ed | 60
" " | National Education 1st Ed 1959 | 60
Sixth Primary | Geography 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | My Language Book 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | National Education 1st Ed 1959 | 50
" " | Principles of Science and Health 1st Ed 1959 | 50
⟦School Principal⟧
⟦Al-Karkh⟧

Page 622

Ministry of Education
Release Document
Warehouse: Baghdad Education
Volume: 26
Sequence: 1992
To: Frank Iny Private School
Transaction: 17 / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Sequence | Item | Quantity in Figures | Quantity in Writing | Unit Price Fils | Unit Price Dinar | Total Price Fils | Total Price Dinar | Remarks
First | Kurdish Reading | 40 | Forty | 160 |  | 400 | 6 |
| Preparatory Grammar Ed. 1 | 40 | Forty | 100 |  | 000 | 4 |
| Literary Texts | 40 | Forty | 150 |  | 000 | 6 |
| Science and Health | 40 | Forty | 160 |  | 400 | 6 |
|  |  |  |  |  | 800 | 22 | Total
Name of Deliverer and Position: Al-Hafiz Hussein Baqir
Signature: ⟦signature⟧
Date: 28 / 10 / 1959
Name of Receiver and Position: ⟦illegible⟧
Signature: ⟦signature⟧
Date: 28 / 10 / 1959

Page 623

(Warehouse: Baghdad Education)
Ministry of Education:
Release Document:
To: Shamash Private Secondary School
Book: 1848
Sequence: 300
Transaction:
Sequence | Item | Quantity in Figures | Quantity in Writing | Unit Price Fils | Unit Price Dinar | Total Price Fils | Total Price Dinar | Remarks
1/21 | Ilm al-Ma'ani (Rhetoric) | 25 | Twenty-five | 160 |  | 000 | 4 |
Total |  |  |  |  |  | 000 | 4 |
Name of Issuer and Position: Husni Baqir / Storekeeper
Signature: ⟦signature⟧
Date: 11 / 26 / 1958
Name of Recipient and Position:
Signature:
Date:

Page 624

( ⟦Baghdad Education⟧ Warehouse ) Al-Rusafa
Ministry of Education
Release Document
To: Frank Iny School
Volume: 2000
Transaction:
Sequence: 440
Sequence | Item | Quantity in Figures | Quantity in Writing | Unit Price Fils | Unit Price Dinar | Total Price Fils | Total Price Dinar | Notes
| Third Grade |  |  |  |  |  |  | Number
71 | Principles of Geometry Part 1 | 20 | Twenty | 700 |  | 14000 |  | 2
124 | Assignments | 20 | Twenty | 150 |  | 3000 | 3 | 1
|  |  |  |  |  | 44000 |  |
Total: 44000
Name of the deliverer and his position: ⟦Hussein⟧ ⟦Al-Khayyat⟧
Name of the recipient and his position:
Signature: ⟦signature⟧
Signature:
Date: 1959 / ⟦illegible⟧
Date:

Page 625

Ministry of Education
Release Document
Warehouse: ⟦Al-Rusafa⟧
Volume: 1822
Sequence: 30
To: ⟦Al-Ahliyya⟧
Transaction: 59 / 20 / ⟦10⟧
Sequence | Item | Quantity in Figures | Quantity in Writing | Unit Price Fils | Unit Price Dinar | Total Price Fils | Total Price Dinar | Notes
First | Arithmetic 14 | 20 | Twenty | 10 | - | 200 | 2 | Proof
Second | History 11 | 20 | Twenty | 40 | - | 800 | 5 |
Fourth | ⟦Anthem⟧ ⟦12⟧ | 20 | Twenty | 15 | - | 300 | 9 |
Fifth | History ⟦10⟧ | 20 | Twenty | 30 | - | 600 | 7 | Proof
Sixth | Arithmetic ⟦17⟧ | 20 | Twenty | 32 | - | 640 | 12 |
Seventh | Arithmetic ⟦10⟧ | 20 | Twenty | 15 | - | 300 | 10 |
A copy of it to :-
⟦Supervision⟧ Accountant - For information
I received the amount shown above, which is
Three dinars and six hundred and thirty fils
According to receipt number ⟦166⟧ dated ⟦2/10/59⟧
Nuns Hospital in Babylon directly
⟦Headmistress⟧ of the ⟦School⟧
⟦Ministry⟧ of ⟦Education⟧
Name of the deliverer and his position: ⟦Edward Al-Saadi⟧
His signature:
Date:
Name of the recipient and his position:
His signature:
Date: