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Robert Lee and Lucie Berthier Humber map collection

 Collection — oversize-folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8515

Content Description

Contains seven maps of France, including the areas of Verdun and Boulogne from 1889 and 1911.

Dates

  • Creation: 1889-1911

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Robert Lee and Lucie Berthier Humber map collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.

Biographical History

Robert Lee Humber, Jr. (1898-1970) was an attorney, businessman, and activist in North Carolina. Robert Lee Humber, Jr was born on May 30, 1898 to Robert Lee Humber, Sr. and Lena Clyde Davis in Greenville, North Carolina. He was married to Lucie Julie Berthier and had three children. He was a graduate of Harvard with a doctorate in the Department of Government, History and Economics and was accepted as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford in January 1920 and graduated in 1923 where he served as a tutor and executive for the Gilcrease Oil Company. He is best known for starting the Movement for World Federation (an organization favoring the creation of a worldwide federal government) in 1940, being the president of the North Carolina Art Commission from 1951-1961 (where he teamed up with the Samuel E. Krees foundation to open up the North Carolina Museum of Art), being a Democratic state senator for Pitt County from 1958-1964, and founding the North Carolina Community College system. Humber died on November 10, 1970 in his home at Greenville, North Carolina.

Biographical History

Lucie Julie Jeanne Berthier Humber (1895-1982) was the executive secretary of the American University Union in 1922 and is the wife of attorney, businessman, and activist Robert Lee Humber.

Lucie Julie Jeanne Berthier Humber was born on February 24, 1895 in North Carolina. She was the executive secretary of the American University Union in 1922, where she met her husband Movement for World Federation member Robert Lee Humber. She gave birth to three children, and died in Greenville, North Carolina on Julky 28, 1982.

Extent

1 oversize folder (0.3 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

French

Custodial History

Donated by Carl Blake with some World War I posters in November 2010.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated; Carl Blake; November 2010.

Processing Information

Processed; Eric Wolford, student manuscript processor; Cory Nimer, curator; 2016.

Title
Record of Robert Lee and Lucie Berthier Humber map collection
Status
Completed
Author
Eric Wolford
Date
2016 February 2
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States