Part of the Ba'th Arab Socialist Party Regional Command collection, this dataset contains several series (described below)
that were originally housed in "boxfiles" (binders) averaging about 430 pages. The main elements of the BRCC Boxfiles Dataset
are Regional Command correspondence, Regional Command dossiers, National Command dossiers and Ba'th Arab Socialist Party (BASP)
special membership files.
Keyword searches of the database search the boxfile title, which was written on the spine of each boxfile by the BRCC, as
well as years, geographic names, corporate names, and specific subjects supplied by the IMF. All fields are in English except
the title, which is in both Arabic and English. This data was generated by the IMF from 2005 to 2008.
Clicking on an entry in the search results leads to a display of the complete database record for that boxfile, with all of
the descriptive data. From there, the page images can be viewed.
Two browsing options are available, serial number and broad topics. There are 23 broad topics:
Administrative (Including correspondence, notices, and reports of routine organizational character)
Personnel (Including correspondence, notices, and reports referencing identified regime affiliated individuals)
Correspondence (Including documents between government agencies and/or individuals)
High Command (Including the Presidency, government, and Ba'th party leadership)
Party Branches (Including hierarchical divisions of the Ba'th party)
Party Organizations (Including specialized institutions for women, students, veterans, etc affiliated with the Ba'th Party)
Party Events (Including anniversaries, special celebrations, and occasional events sponsored by the Ba'th Party)
Party Honors (Including decorations, honorary ranks, promotions, and special compensations issued by the Ba'th Party)
Party Literature (Including organizational, ideological, and political publications, tracts, and reports issued by the Ba'th
Party)
National Events (Including anniversaries, special celebrations, and occasional events sponsored by the Iraqi Government)
State Institutions (Including ministries, agencies, departments, and organizations affiliated with the Iraqi Government)
Security
(Including
security
, surveillance, and counter-insurgency concerns)
Prisoners of War (Includes the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) and other prisoner of war affairs)
North (Governorates of the North of Iraq, Kurdistan Autonomous Region)
Center (Governorates of the Center of Iraq, Baghdad, and Western provinces)
South (Governorates of the South of Iraq, Middle Euphrates and Marshes)
Opposition (Groups and parties in active hostility against the regime)
Admissions and Exclusions (Educational policies and actions of selective admission and denial of admission to institutions)
Party Management (Party organization and affairs, recurrent amendments on party structure)
News Events (Documents referencing national, regional, and international events)
Other Parties and Organizations (Parties and organizations not actively hostile against the regime Date (Documents including
an identifiable date)
Others (Documents with notable topics or themes not covered by the above)
These topics were chosen by the IMF, and each boxfile was assigned to one or more topics by the IMF. Each topic leads to
a list of boxfile titles assigned to that topic. Clicking on an entry in the topical list of boxfile titles leads to a display
of the complete database record for that boxfile, showing all of the descriptive data. From there, the page images can be
viewed.
One database record describes 430 pages on average.