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IJA 2840

Receipts and Invoices for the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

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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 English Translation, Pages 551-575

Archival unit 551

Sales Department
African & Eastern (Near East) Ltd.
(Incorporated in England)
SALES DEPARTMENT
AFRICAN & EASTERN (N. E.) LTD.
(INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND)
Tel. No. 7879 Telephone No. 7879
No: 579
Baghdad Baghdad: ⟦illegible⟧ 10 195 ⟦illegible⟧
INVOICE: Cash Sales
Terms: Cash
Description Details | I. D. Dinars | Fils Fils | I. D. Dinars | Fils Fils
1 Tube Black ⟦illegible⟧ 0750 fils |  |  |  |
PAID
INITIALS ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
No claims or objections accepted after the goods leave the company's warehouse
No claims entertained after the goods leave the Company's godown.
Errors and Omissions Excepted
E. & O. E.

Archival unit 552

2100 ⟦illegible⟧
Work of Abdullah Khudair, Work Supervisor
for the construction of Al-Juwair for Saturday
from Saturday 10/12/1954
to Friday 10/19/1954
W. M. & CO.
N. ⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Khudair 7 seven days
⟦fingerprint⟧
⟦red ink mark⟧
10/19/1954

Archival unit 553

126
Dr. IHSAN SAMRA
Tel. Nos. { Clinic 6200
Residence 83346
Fils: 500
Dinar: 1
I have received from the administration of
Frank Aini School an amount of
one and a half dinars, and that is
for the fees of examining three teachers
for the purpose of providing them with a certificate of safety
from communicable diseases
10 Fils
⟦signature⟧
15 / 2 / ⟦illegible⟧
Dr. Ihsan Samra
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 554

125
Chalk list box | 625 /
Ink quantity | 140 /
Labor of a worker overseeing the construction of the new shop Abdullah Khudair | 1200 /
Cornice saw blades quantity 2 | 1700 /
Ceiling exit with small hand exit quantity | 700 /
⟦The drain⟧ for the nursery at the house quantity | 2000 /
Half a dozen glasses quantity | 180 /
Chairs for wiping | 200 /
Repair with welding of toilet edges quantity | 500 /
Ice one and a half blocks | 150 /
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 555

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 8 / 10 / 1956
To: Mr. Sassoon Daniel Eini
Fils | Dinar | Details
500 | 2 | Shashi Biladi ⟦illegible⟧ Milk
150 |  | Porterage
650 | 2 | Only two dinars and six hundred and fifty fils and no more
And I have received the amount in cash
⟦illegible⟧
M. & Co.
N. S.

Archival unit 556

The Times Printing & Publishing Coy. Ltd.
STATIONERY SHOP
CASH SALES VOUCHER No: 5382 /Sty
Date: 11-10-56
M: ⟦line⟧
Description of Stationeries | Quantity | Sale Proceeds. I.D. Fils.
⟦Bottles Quink⟧ | 2 | ⟦line⟧ 140
TOTAL IDs. Fils one hundred forty only |  | ⟦line⟧ 140
⟦illegible⟧
W. M. & Co.
⟦illegible⟧
For Managing Director
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 557

Days
Name
Abdullah Khudair from ⟦line⟧ 11/8/1954
to 11/10/1954
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1200 four days
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
Wage Fils
300
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 558

1700
I have received from ⟦Frank Aini⟧ School
1700 for the value of three bags of sawdust
Number 2
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
Abbas
1952
1/8

Archival unit 559

I received from Frank Aini School
five hundred fils for the repair and installation
of floats in the Aboud toilets
500
Abbas Hamza
Abbas
⟦illegible⟧ & Co.
N. S.
2 / 10 / 1954

Archival unit 560

Nearest Station : TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD
THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKSHOP
FOYLES
* FOR BOOKS *
119-125 CHARING CROSS ROAD LONDON WC2
Gerrard 5660 (16 lines) ★ Open 9-6 (inc. Sats.)
Sold by: ⟦illegible⟧
Dept.: 2
Date: 28/7/52
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
9 Postage
£6-15-3
LAMSON PARAGON
⟦illegible oval stamp⟧
04849 - 4
WE CAN SUPPLY ALMOST ANY BOOK ON ANY SUBJECT

Archival unit 561

763
The fourth preparatory books arrived from Foyle's Bookstore
London 14 / 7 / 1952
We should like
you to come to
Foyles for ALL
your Books
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 562

Nearest Station : TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD
THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKSHOP
FOYLES
* FOR BOOKS *
119-125 CHARING CROSS ROAD LONDON WC2
Gerrard 5660 (16 lines) ★ Open 9-6 (inc. Sats.)
Sold by: ⟦illegible⟧
Dept.: 7
Date: 18/7
GODDARD 12/6
A SCHOOL
CHEMISTRY
FOR TODAY
12/6
LAMSON PARAGON
⟦illegible oval stamp⟧
04526 2 49
WE CAN SUPPLY ALMOST ANY BOOK ON ANY SUBJECT

Archival unit 563

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⟧

Archival unit 564

124
THE BOOKSHOP.
No: 1378
Baghdad: 10/oct. 1956
Received from: Frank Iny School, Baghdad
the sum of I.D.: one hundred thirty two & fils five hundred twenty five of
I.D.: 132/525
⟦illegible⟧'S BOOKSHOP
For MACKENZIE'S BOOKSHOP
⟦signature⟧
10 Fils

Archival unit 565

Frank Iny School.,
Baghdad.
22nd Sept., 156
50   Oxford English Course Book 4 @ 250          12.500
2   Teacher's Note Book 4 @ 250                   .500
⟦line⟧
13.000
Less 10% discount         1.300
⟦line⟧
11.700
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Archival unit 566

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

Archival unit 567

⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 569

122          Lebanese Lira
29/50        List No. 175   A.U.B.
24/45        ~   ~   177   ~   ~
3/40         ~   ~   5458  ~   ~
⟦line⟧
57/35
Books from A.U.B.
G.C.E. final expense for books
England schools " " for books
6/70 + 6/25 - A.U.B. list
Textbooks for the library as references
For the Sin and Administration
(Extra expense)
Foyle
W. H. & CO.
N. S.

Archival unit 570

No.: 175
U. B. BOOKSTORE: Shamash Secondary School Bookstore, Commercial Department
Cash Sale:
Date: 2/7/56
Mr.: ⟦illegible⟧, Shamash Secondary School
Copies | Code | Author | Title | Cost Lebanese Lira
1 |  | Stamp | Geography | 22 50
1 |  | Van Tuyl | Math of Bus | 7 00
 |  |  |  | 29.50
⟦circular stamp illegible⟧
Books sold and paid for are not returnable.

Archival unit 571

Muqaddam Shamaun and Qarnak Bani Bookstore
Books for the benefit of the continent
No. 177
A. N. B. BOOKSTORE
Cash Sale:
Date: 2/7/56 195
Mr.: ⟦illegible⟧ Shamaash Secondary School
Copies | Code | Author | Title | Lebanese Lira Cost
1 |  | Johnson | Elem A/C | 21 75
1 |  | Gregg | Shorthand | 2 70
 |  |  |  | 24 45
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Books sold and paid for are not returnable.

Archival unit 572

Shammash School Library and ⟦illegible⟧
A.U.B. BOOKSTORE No. 5255
Commerce Branch Books: 2 / 7 1956
Mr.: ⟦Shammash⟧ Sec School
Return to seller
<del>1 Rational Typewriting</del> | 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.

Archival unit 573

L. L.
175/2/1/56 | 29.50
177/2/1/56 | 24.45
5255/1/1/56 | 3.40
Total | 57.35
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 574

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
(PUBLICATIONS BRANCH)
SENATE HOUSE, W.C.1
Telephone : MUSeum 8000
X. PAPERS | G.C.E. REGS. | A/P |  | MISCELLANEOUS
 | 21 |  |  |
QTY. | DESCRIPTION | £ | S. | D.
2 | 57 Regs | 2 | - | ⟦illegible⟧
2/1
C/S 91820 10/6/195 61
PARAGON REGISTER-LAMSON PARAGON

Archival unit 575

FOLIO SK / 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⟧
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.&
⟦illegible⟧