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IJA 2840

Receipts and Invoices for the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

Description

These are receipts and invoices from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools from a variety of vendors for electrical and maintenance work, book orders, water, electricity, labor, travel for teachers, carpentry, pharmacy orders, toys, food services, office and school supplies, sporting goods, printing, fire insurance policy renewal, and newspaper advertising. Vendors include: Mackenzie’s Books, The Bookshop – Baghdad, Edward Raby Pharmacy, Al-Muthanna Library, Iraqi Mercantile Limited, The Union Pharmacy, the Middle East Store, Victory Bookshop, Coronet Bookshop, Trading & Printing Co. Ltd., Dar Es Salaam Hospital, Iraq Insurance Office Ltd, The Times (London), Manchester Guardian, and Foyles.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 2840
Item Number: 1427
Date: Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages: Arabic, English
Keywords: The British Council, Financial, Chart, Employment, Shamash Secondary School, London, Address, Teachers, Geography, File Folder, Thumbprint, Chemistry, Business Cards, Typed, English Literature, Electricity Bill, Fragments, Baghdad Power and Light, Office of Telephone Administration, Economics, Receipts, Ink Stamps, Math, University of London, Letterhead, Invoice, Frank Iny School, French, Paris, Insurance, Personal Letterhead, Directorate of Education, Annotation, Ministry of Industry - Office of Electricity, Handwritten, Hospital, Travel, Revenue Stamps, Students

AI en Translation, Pages 526-550

Page 526

225
Price of a chemistry book for Farid Adas from Foyle's Library
Baghdad 18 / 7 / 952
⟦illegible⟧ The Library
We should like
you to come to
Foyles for ALL
your Books
4 / 5 / 2
⟦illegible⟧

Page 527

Frank Iny School.,
Baghdad.
22nd Sept., '56
50 | Oxford English Course Book 4 @ 250 | 12.500
2 | Teacher's Note Book 4 @ 250 | .500
|  | 13.000
| Less 10% discount | 1.300
|  | 11.700
⟦illegible circular blue stamp⟧
⟦illegible pencil scribbles⟧

Page 528

30th July... 56
FRANK INY SCHOOL,
NEW ALWIYAH,
BAGHDAD.
⟦7U⟧
⟦W. M. & Co.⟧
40   On The Air @ 180                                     7.200
40   Seventy Years A Showman @ 150                        6.000
40   The Oxford English Course for Iraq Book 1 @ 080      3.200
20     "      "      "      "      "   2 @ 150            3.000
60     "      "      "      "      "   3 @ 180           10.800
30   Morris: An English Course for Students Book 1 @ 200= 6.000
15     "      "      "      "      "   Book 2 @ 220=      3.300
10     "      "      "      "      "   Book 3 @ 250=      2.500
35   Eckersley: Brighter Grammar Book 1 @ 120 ⟦line⟧  4.200
40     "      "      "      Book 2 @ 120 ⟦line⟧  4.800
20     "      "      "      Book 3 @ 120 ⟦line⟧  2.400
20     "      "      "      Book 4 @ 120 ⟦line⟧  2.400
10   Fables and Fairy Tales @ 080 ⟦line⟧   .800
25   Parts of Speech by J.C. Nesfield Book 1 @ 070 ⟦line⟧  1.750
30   Stories from the Near East @ 100 ⟦line⟧  3.000
25   Lorna Doone @ 150 ⟦line⟧  3.750
20   Elementary Science Book 1 @ 300 ⟦line⟧  6.000
The Barretts of Wimpole Street @ 210 ⟦line⟧  ⟦illegible⟧
Young Nurse Carter @ 450 ⟦line⟧  ⟦illegible⟧
Shilling Arithmetic @ 250 ⟦line⟧  ⟦illegible⟧
Living English Structure @ 540 ⟦line⟧  5.400
10   A First Trigonometry for 4th & 5th.  ts 1 & 2 250=  16.200
5    Shackel: The Concise School Physics @ 650 ⟦line⟧  2.500
8    Oseroft: Inorganic Chemistry @ 600 ⟦line⟧  5.250
⟦P⟧algrave: Golden Treasury @ 300 ⟦line⟧  4.800
3.000
⟦line⟧
134.250
Less 10% discount.       13.425
⟦line⟧
IDs.  120.825

Page 530

31/4/64

Page 531

122
Lebanese Lira
A.U.B. 175 List No. 29/50
" " 177 " " 24/45
" " 5453 " " 3/40
⟦line⟧
57/35
Books from the A.U.B.
⟦Examination⟧ G.C.E. final expense for the library
Books for England schools " " for the library
6/750 + 6/750 - List ⟦...⟧
Textbooks for the library as references
For the school and the administration
(Final expense)
Foyle
W.H. & Co.
N. S.

Page 532

No. 175
Shamash School Library and Frank Eini
U. B. BOOKSTORE
Commercial Books Department
Cash Sale
Date 2/7/56 195
Mr. ⟦Haydra⟧, Shamash Secondary School
⟦Co⟧pies | Code | Author | Title | Cost Dinar Fils
1 |  | Stamp | Geography | 22 50
1 |  | Van Tuyl | Math of Bus | 7 00
|  |  |  | 29.50
⟦illegible⟧
books sold and paid for are not returnable.

Page 533

Shamash School Library and Frank Iny
No. 177
Books for all readers
A. N. B. BOOKSTORE
Date: 2/7/56 195
Cash Sale:
Mr.: ⟦...⟧ Shamash Secondary School
Copies | Code | Author | Title | LL Cost
|  | Johnston | Elem. A/C | 21 75
1 |  | Gregg | Shorthand | 2 70
|  |  |  | 24 45
Books sold and paid for are not returnable.
⟦illegible⟧

Page 534

Shamash School Library and Frank Iny
A.U.B. BOOKSTORE No. 5255
Commercial Art Books:
Date: 2. 7. 1956
Mr.: Shamash Sec. School
Return to the seller:
1 Rational Typewriting | 3 | 40
Rational Typewriting | 3 | 40
The Bookstore reserves the right to take back any or all these
books, at the end of the year, at a price to be fixed by the bookstore.

Page 535

L.L.
⟦illegible⟧ 125/2/2/56 29.50
177/-/7/56 24.45
5255/x/1/56 3.40
Total 57.35
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 536

FOLIO ⟦BK⟧ / 56
TELEPHONE: HUNTER 0931 (6 lines).
91-93 BAKER STREET, W.1.
LONDON, 18. 7. 19 56
To TRUMAN & KNIGHTLEY, LTD.
Licensed annually by the L.C.C.
To: - Shamash Sec. School.
Received With Thanks
TRUMAN & KNIGHTLEY LTD.
Licensed by L.C.C.
7/6
DATE 18.7.56 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
In remitting by post, kindly return this account to be receipted.
If payment is made at Messrs. Truman & Knightley's office, the production of this account will save time and prevent mistakes.
THE FIRM'S OFFICIAL PRINTED FORM OF RECEIPT WILL ALONE BE RECOGNISED.
With Truman & Knightley's Compliments.
10M—2/55—A.B.&

Page 537

For the account of Frank Iny Primary and Secondary Schools -/375 Fils
21 / 2
To - Shamash 750 ⟦illegible⟧ 1000
⟦illegible⟧
18. 2. 51
⟦illegible⟧

Page 538

Books from Foyle's Library in London dated 18 / 7 / 1953, their price including postage fees is recorded on the school's
account
⟦illegible⟧ | 5/3 | 12 | 8 | 4
⟦illegible⟧ | 2/6 | 2 | 0 | 0
⟦illegible⟧ |  | 2 | 12 | 0
|  | 17 | 0 | 4
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
⟦mirrored text: W. & G. FOYLE LTD.⟧
⟦mirrored text: 119-125 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON, W.C.2⟧
⟦mirrored text: PLEASE RETURN THIS INVOICE WITH YOUR REMITTANCE⟧