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| death_date=August 28, 2009 (aged 86)
| death_date=August 28, 2009 (aged 86)
| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
'''Resting place''':br
'''Resting place''':<br>
Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson, Louisiana
Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson, Louisiana
| spouse=Never married<br>
| spouse=Never married<br>
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/>
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==
==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; no longer on-line.}}</ref> having taught history there until his retirement in 1985. In 1980, he published ''Louisiana Oral History Collections: A Directory.''
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; no longer on-line.}}</ref> having taught history there until his retirement in 1985. In 1980, he published ''Louisiana Oral History Collections: A Directory.''