FTP – A Glimpse Into The History Of Tulsa, OK – Cong. B’nai Emunah And The Travis Family

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The following is a glimpse into the history of the Congregation B’nai Emunah Shul that the Travis family helped build and fund in Tulsa, OK.

Bnai Emunahs first synagogue
Bnai Emunahs first synagogue

Click here Bnei Emunah 1-44 highlighted for a PDF of the first 44 pages (till about 1937) of their golden anniversary journal 1916-1966. Reading this will give you a little taste of what life in Tulsa was like in the early 1900’s.

Here is another article on Tulsa’s History

http://www.isjl.org/oklahoma-tulsa-encyclopedia.html

The mansion pictured in the above article (link) says its uncle Dave’s house but in fact it’s Zaidy’s.

A page from the book with Zaidy's picture
A page from the book with Zaidy’s picture and Marion (his brother)
Screen shot of the original corporate filing under Marion Travis name
Screen shot of the original corporate filing under Marion Travis name
Date of formation
Date of formation November 6 1915
Letter from the Rabbi to Mommy HK"M and Daddy A"H upon learning of Sam Travis's death
Letter from the Rabbi to Mommy HK”M and Daddy A”H upon learning of Sam Travis’s death
Newspaper article about shul opening
Tulsa Daily World Newspaper article about the shul opening
newspaper cropped
Article Cropped

If anyone is interested in buying the full book I found a used one on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Bnai-Emunah-1916-1966-Tulsa-Oklahoma/dp/B00HFKEJZ0

More to come……