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{{Infobox person
| name = Hubert Davis Humphreys<br>
(Historian of North Louisiana at Louisiana State University in Shreveport)
|birth_date= April 21, 1923
| birth_place=Grayson, Caldwell Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States]]
| death_date=August 28, 2009 (aged 86)
| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| spouse=Never married<br>
'''Parents''': <br>
Ralph and Ellie Humphreys
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br />
[[Texas A&M University]]
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
}}
'''Hubert Davis Humphreys''' (April 21, 1923 – August 28, 2009) was an [[historian]] formerly affiliated with Louisiana State University in [[Shreveport]], who specialized in archives, oral history, and studies of his native North [[Louisiana]].
==Background and military service==
Humphreys was born to Ralph and Ellie Humphreys in thevillage of Grayson in Caldwell Parish south of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. He graduated in 1940 from Grayson High School and then joined the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] two years prior to its abolition. He studied briefly at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. In 1942, he accepted employment with the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] until in 1943 he joined the [[United States Navy]] for three and a half years of [[World War II]] duty. Humphreys served under Rear Admiral Harry W. Hill’s Fifth Amphibious Force and fought in the Pacific Theater of Operations: the invasion of Palau Island), [[Iwo Jima]], [[Saipan]] (in the [[Marianas]]), and [[Okinawa]], the most costly of the naval battles to the United States. He served on the ''USS Auburn''' at the time of the surrender of [[Nagasaki]], [[Japan]]. He was awarded three battle stars and numerous citations.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20090903&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=90900108&Selected=2|title=Obituary of Hubert D. Humphreys|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=September 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>Identical obituary also published in ''The Shreveport Times’’ and the ''Baton Rouge Advocate.''</ref>
==Education==
Humphreys was discharged from the Navy at [[New Orleans]] and enrolled at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge] under the GI Bill of Right].<ref name=obit/> There in 1950, he received a [[Bachelor of Science]] in professional education. In 1953, he received a Master of Education degree from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]].<ref name=thompson>Alan S. Thompson, "Hubert D. Humphreys: A Tribute", ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Volume XXXX, No. 4 (Fall 2009), pp. 207-209.</ref> He then obtained a [[Master of Arts]] in the field of history from LSU.<ref name=lib>{{cite web|url=http://www2.state.lib.la.us/writersdirectory/index.php?disp=onea&id=161|title=Center for the Book: Hubert D. Humphreys|publisher=state.lib.la.us|accessdate=September 4, 2009}}</ref> His master's thesis on the Civilian Conservation Corps was printed in a condensed version in ''Louisiana History,'' the journal of the Louisiana Historical Association.<ref name=thompson/>
Humphreys subsequently engaged in advanced studies under grants at [[Harvard University]], [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, Long Island University in [[New York City]], and [[Stanford University]] in Palo Alto, [[California]]. In 1974, he received archival training at [[Emory University]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], and at the Georgia State Archives. Under Fulbright-Hays Scholarship grants, he studied in [[Lebanon]] in 1967 and in [[Southeast Asia]] in 1970.<ref name=obit/> His historical interest was particularly strong in the areas of U.S. diplomacy and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and the [[New Deal]].<ref name=thompson/>
==Academic accomplishments==
Humphreys spent thirty-three years as an educator in Louisiana, with his first assignment inWebster Parish and then the since closed Fair Park High School in Shrevepor], where in 1965, he was named "Teacher of the Year".<ref name=lib/> In 1967, Humphreys became one of the charter faculty of LSU in Shreveport,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsus.edu/about/pdf/LSUS_Inaugural_Administrators_Faculty_and_Staff (Fall 1967)”|title=Louisiana State University in Shrevport Inaugural Administrators/Faculty/Staff|publisher=lsus.edu|accessdate=September 4, 2009}}</ref> having taught history there until his retirement in 1985. In 1980, he published ''Louisiana Oral History Collections: A Directory.'' He also wrote numerous journal articles, two on the second removal of the Red River Raft of 1875. He published another article on[Lula Wardlow of Montgomery in Grant Parish], the first elected woman mayor in Louisiana and a minister in Humphreys' own [[Methodist Protestant Church]], since part of the [[United Methodist]] denomination. He wrote articles too on some of the Methodist Protestant [[circuit rider]]s in Louisiana. He wrote many book reviews and newspaper columns. In 1978, he was elected president of the Louisiana Historical Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site8.php|title=Presidents of the Louisiana Historical Association|publisher=lahistory.org|accessdate=June 24, 2010}}</ref> In 1995, the LHA named him a fellow.<ref name=thompson/>
He was affiliated with the North Louisiana Historical Association, Louisiana Association of Social Studies, National Council of Social Studies, Southern Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, [[American Association of University Professors]], Phi Alpha Theta] Society of Southwest Archivists, Oral History Association, and the Louisiana Bicentennial Commission.<ref name=obit/> He combined archival and oral history in a study of the Carpenter's Union, funded by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.<ref name=thompson/>
After retirement, Humphreys researched the history of his native Grayson and the Methodist Protestant Church. In 1992, his history of Grayson was published in lengthy articles in ''The Journal of the North Louisiana Historical Association,'' since renamed ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' and based in Shreveport. In 2007, LSUS authorized "The Hubert Humphreys Endowed Professorship of History" in the College of Liberal Arts. On retirement, Humphreys was named an LSUS [[professor]] emeritus.<ref name=obit/>
==Death and legacy==
Humphreys retired in Shreveport but died in Baton Rouge, where he had spent his latter days. Survivors included two sisters, Mildred H. Taylor of Baton Rouge and Melissa Verna Douglas and husband, George W. Douglas, of Shreveport. Services were held on September 5, 2009, in [[Columbia, Louisiana|Columbia]], the seat of Caldwell Parish. Interment was at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.<ref name=obit/>
At the time of his death, Humphreys was writing a history on the Copenhagen Prairie area near Grayson, an area that he had explored as a child.<ref name=thompson/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Humphreys, Hubert D.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
| name = Hubert Davis Humphreys<br>
(Historian of North Louisiana at Louisiana State University in Shreveport)
|birth_date= April 21, 1923
| birth_place=Grayson, Caldwell Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States]]
| death_date=August 28, 2009 (aged 86)
| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| spouse=Never married<br>
'''Parents''': <br>
Ralph and Ellie Humphreys
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br />
[[Texas A&M University]]
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
}}
'''Hubert Davis Humphreys''' (April 21, 1923 – August 28, 2009) was an [[historian]] formerly affiliated with Louisiana State University in [[Shreveport]], who specialized in archives, oral history, and studies of his native North [[Louisiana]].
==Background and military service==
Humphreys was born to Ralph and Ellie Humphreys in thevillage of Grayson in Caldwell Parish south of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. He graduated in 1940 from Grayson High School and then joined the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] two years prior to its abolition. He studied briefly at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. In 1942, he accepted employment with the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] until in 1943 he joined the [[United States Navy]] for three and a half years of [[World War II]] duty. Humphreys served under Rear Admiral Harry W. Hill’s Fifth Amphibious Force and fought in the Pacific Theater of Operations: the invasion of Palau Island), [[Iwo Jima]], [[Saipan]] (in the [[Marianas]]), and [[Okinawa]], the most costly of the naval battles to the United States. He served on the ''USS Auburn''' at the time of the surrender of [[Nagasaki]], [[Japan]]. He was awarded three battle stars and numerous citations.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20090903&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=90900108&Selected=2|title=Obituary of Hubert D. Humphreys|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=September 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>Identical obituary also published in ''The Shreveport Times’’ and the ''Baton Rouge Advocate.''</ref>
==Education==
Humphreys was discharged from the Navy at [[New Orleans]] and enrolled at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge] under the GI Bill of Right].<ref name=obit/> There in 1950, he received a [[Bachelor of Science]] in professional education. In 1953, he received a Master of Education degree from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]].<ref name=thompson>Alan S. Thompson, "Hubert D. Humphreys: A Tribute", ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Volume XXXX, No. 4 (Fall 2009), pp. 207-209.</ref> He then obtained a [[Master of Arts]] in the field of history from LSU.<ref name=lib>{{cite web|url=http://www2.state.lib.la.us/writersdirectory/index.php?disp=onea&id=161|title=Center for the Book: Hubert D. Humphreys|publisher=state.lib.la.us|accessdate=September 4, 2009}}</ref> His master's thesis on the Civilian Conservation Corps was printed in a condensed version in ''Louisiana History,'' the journal of the Louisiana Historical Association.<ref name=thompson/>
Humphreys subsequently engaged in advanced studies under grants at [[Harvard University]], [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, Long Island University in [[New York City]], and [[Stanford University]] in Palo Alto, [[California]]. In 1974, he received archival training at [[Emory University]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], and at the Georgia State Archives. Under Fulbright-Hays Scholarship grants, he studied in [[Lebanon]] in 1967 and in [[Southeast Asia]] in 1970.<ref name=obit/> His historical interest was particularly strong in the areas of U.S. diplomacy and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and the [[New Deal]].<ref name=thompson/>
==Academic accomplishments==
Humphreys spent thirty-three years as an educator in Louisiana, with his first assignment inWebster Parish and then the since closed Fair Park High School in Shrevepor], where in 1965, he was named "Teacher of the Year".<ref name=lib/> In 1967, Humphreys became one of the charter faculty of LSU in Shreveport,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsus.edu/about/pdf/LSUS_Inaugural_Administrators_Faculty_and_Staff (Fall 1967)”|title=Louisiana State University in Shrevport Inaugural Administrators/Faculty/Staff|publisher=lsus.edu|accessdate=September 4, 2009}}</ref> having taught history there until his retirement in 1985. In 1980, he published ''Louisiana Oral History Collections: A Directory.'' He also wrote numerous journal articles, two on the second removal of the Red River Raft of 1875. He published another article on[Lula Wardlow of Montgomery in Grant Parish], the first elected woman mayor in Louisiana and a minister in Humphreys' own [[Methodist Protestant Church]], since part of the [[United Methodist]] denomination. He wrote articles too on some of the Methodist Protestant [[circuit rider]]s in Louisiana. He wrote many book reviews and newspaper columns. In 1978, he was elected president of the Louisiana Historical Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site8.php|title=Presidents of the Louisiana Historical Association|publisher=lahistory.org|accessdate=June 24, 2010}}</ref> In 1995, the LHA named him a fellow.<ref name=thompson/>
He was affiliated with the North Louisiana Historical Association, Louisiana Association of Social Studies, National Council of Social Studies, Southern Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, [[American Association of University Professors]], Phi Alpha Theta] Society of Southwest Archivists, Oral History Association, and the Louisiana Bicentennial Commission.<ref name=obit/> He combined archival and oral history in a study of the Carpenter's Union, funded by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.<ref name=thompson/>
After retirement, Humphreys researched the history of his native Grayson and the Methodist Protestant Church. In 1992, his history of Grayson was published in lengthy articles in ''The Journal of the North Louisiana Historical Association,'' since renamed ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' and based in Shreveport. In 2007, LSUS authorized "The Hubert Humphreys Endowed Professorship of History" in the College of Liberal Arts. On retirement, Humphreys was named an LSUS [[professor]] emeritus.<ref name=obit/>
==Death and legacy==
Humphreys retired in Shreveport but died in Baton Rouge, where he had spent his latter days. Survivors included two sisters, Mildred H. Taylor of Baton Rouge and Melissa Verna Douglas and husband, George W. Douglas, of Shreveport. Services were held on September 5, 2009, in [[Columbia, Louisiana|Columbia]], the seat of Caldwell Parish. Interment was at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.<ref name=obit/>
At the time of his death, Humphreys was writing a history on the Copenhagen Prairie area near Grayson, an area that he had explored as a child.<ref name=thompson/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Humphreys, Hubert D.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]