Guide to the Maury M. Travis Collection
Finding Aid Authors: Bonnie Harris.
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2008-05-23
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San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
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Guide to the Maury M. Travis Collection
1905/1989
Special Collections & University Archives
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Maury M. Travis Collection
Dates: 1905-1989
Identification: MS-0401
Creator:
Travis, Maury Marion, 1905-1990
Physical Description: 3.75 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Note:
Other Information:
Since 2007, the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego has transferred numerous collections to Special Collections and University
Archives. Click the link below to view other materials from the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego.
Additional information may be found at http://scua2.sdsu.edu/archon/index.php?p=core/search&q=%22jewish+historical+society+of+san+diego%22&content=1
Biographical Information:
Maury Marion Travis was born Moses Marion Kornfeld in West Virginia in 1905 to a large Orthodox Jewish family. He attended
school in Tulsa, Oklahoma and graduated high school in 1922. He received a BA and Graduate Degree in Geology from Stanford
University and entered the professional field of Petroleum Geology. Travis also served in the USAAF in the Corps of Engineers
from 1929 to 1943.
He legally changed his name to Maury Marion Travis October 29, 1946 as a final severance of his Jewish roots due mostly to
his objections to Zionism and the founding of the State of Israel, which he felt would precipitate "bloody wars." He had
at one time been a member of Lessing Rosenwald's American Jewish Council for Judaism, strongly opposing the formation of the
Jewish State in Palestine.
Travis converted to Christianity and was baptized June 22, 1952 at Abraham Lincoln's New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in
Washington, DC, but continued to support the Jewish Anti-Defamation League his entire life. Travis was a resident of San Diego
from the late 1970s until his death in late 1989 or early 1990.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Family Name:
Kornfeld family
Genre/Form of Material:
Personal Papers
Publications
Geographic Name:
Israel -- Politics and government -- Philosophy
Personal Name:
Travis, Maury Marion, 1905-1989 or 90 -- Archives
Topical Term:
Antisemitism
Christian converts from Judaism -- California -- San Diego -- Biography -- Sources
Petroleum geologists -- California -- San Diego -- Biography -- Sources
Zionism -- Philosophy
Administrative Information
Custodial History:
Dr. Lawrence Baron donated this collection to the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego November 1, 1999 (JHSSD #1999.01.)
It was transfered to the Library and Information Access May 22, 2008.
Conditions Governing Use:
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Maury M. Travis Collection, Special Collections and University Archives,
Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of personal papers, correspondence, and press clippings which document Travis's personal life. It
includes birth records, legal name change documents, and family correspondence with Travis's siblings, parents, and other
extended family members. His profession as a Petroleum Geologist, along with his interest in the formation of the State of
Israel, the Middle East in general, and his interest in anti-Zionism, are well represented. The collection also contains
significant primary documents concerning anti-semitism in general, and in San Diego specifically, with publications of White
Supremacy organizations. The collection is loosely filed chronologically.
Dr. Lawrence Baron donated this collection to the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego November 1, 1999 (JHSSD #1999.01.)
It was transfered to the Library and Information Access May 22, 2008.
Box 1, Folder 1
Birth Records
1905, 1931, 1947
Box 1, Folder 2
Educational Records
1920's-1940's
Box 1, Folder 3
Name Change Documents
1946
Box 1, Folder 4
Pi Lambda Phi & Phi Beta Delta Fraternity alumni information
1924-1962
Box 1, Folder 5
Stanford Alumni Association
1927-1987
Box 1, Folder 6
Military Records
1929-1943
Box 1, Folder 7
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in World War II, personal papers
1942-1943
Box 1, Folder 8
Health Records
1940's-1960's
Box 1, Folder 9
Marriage and Divorce to Reba Lynne Travis
1948-1952
Box 1, Folder 11
UCSD Body Donation Program Papers
1983
Box 1, Folder 12
United States Veterans Administration
1960's-1980's
Box 1, Folder 13
Presbyterian Church
1950's-1970's
Box 1, Folder 14
Bank of America
1988-1989
Box 1, Folder 15
Parents Marriage License: Hyman I. Kornfeld & Fannie Robinowitz
1940's
Box 1, Folder 16
Hymen I. Kornfeld Naturalization Records
1940
Box 1, Folder 17
Kornfeld Family History
1947
Box 1, Folder 18
Travis "Roots" and Correspondence
1977
Box 1, Folder 21
Dr. Joseph Saul Kornfeld
1971-1975
Box 1, Folder 22
Fannie Kornfeld, mother
1957-1966
Box 1, Folder 23
Abe Kornfeld, brother
1958-1973
Box 1, Folder 24
Dan Kornfeld, brother
1960-1989
Box 1, Folder 25
Jay Kornfeld, brother
1959-1988
Box 1, Folder 26
Joseph Kornfeld, brother
1959-1989
Box 1, Folder 27
Francis Grossman, sister
1950's-1970's
Box 1, Folder 28
Francis Grossman, sister
1980's
Box 1, Folder 29
Sam Kornfeld, brother
1964-1989
Box 1, Folder 30
Family Correspondence
1947-1989
Box 1, Folder 32
Lecture Notes, Non-Metals, Stanford
1926
Box 1, Folder 33
Lecture Notes, Metals, Stanford
1926
Box 2, Folder 1
Work Experience
1930's-1974
Box 2, Folder 3
Published References
1938-1970
Box 2, Folder 4
Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
1956-1973
Box 2, Folder 5
San Rafael Swell
1948-1950
Box 2, Folder 6
Electrolog Abstract
1944-1952
Box 2, Folder 8
Sertoma International
1950's-1980's
Box 2, Folder 9
Personal/General Correspondence
1972-1988
Box 2, Folder 10
San Diego Union Tribune Jewish articles
1981-1988
Box 2, Folder 11
Titanic-Post War Economics
Box 2, Folder 12
Anti-Semitism
1960's-1980's
Box 2, Folder 13
San Diego Anti-Semitism
1980-1988
Box 2, Folder 14
American Council for Judaism
1982-1988
Box 2, Folder 15
Humanistic Jews
1952-1985
Box 2, Folder 16
Elmer Berger Fund & Anti-Zionism
1984-1988
Box 2, Folder 17
Anti-Defamation League
1967-1988
Box 2, Folder 18
Correspondence/Jewish State
1983-1988
Box 2, Folder 19
Dr. Bernard Revel, President of Yeshiva University
1983-1988
Box 2, Folder 20
Dr. Trude Weiss-Rosmarin
1981-1983
Box 2, Folder 21
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
1979
Box 2, Folder 22
Religion in San Diego Schools
1973-1979
Box 2, Folder 23
San Diego World Affairs Council
1985-1988
Box 2, Folder 24
Variations of Species of Humans
1960-1962
Box 2, Folder 25
Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, United States Representative
1977
Box 2, Folder 26
Professor Arthur Schlesinger
1980-1986
Box 2, Folder 27
Total Realty Management (TRM) Investment Properties
1980-1988
Box 2, Folder 29
William H. Miller
1976-1984
Box 2, Folder 30
Newspaper Articles
1940's-1980's
Box 3
Address Note & Card File Boxes (4)
1930's-1989
