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==Academic accomplishments==

==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 Ethridge Wardlow (1876-1970) 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/>​

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 Ethridge Wardlow (1876-1970) 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/>​

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/>​

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/>​

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==Death and legacy==​

==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/>  

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/>​

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/>​