John Davis Humber Oral History Interview, October 25, 1983

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John Davis Humber Oral History Interview, October 25, 1983

1983

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0078

In this interview he discusses his childhood in Greenville, N.C., his college years, and his work as a doctor. Also discussed is the life of his brother, Dr. Robert Lee Humber, who among other things was a founder of the movement for World Federation and was a great force behind the establishment of the North Carolina Museum of Art; and the history of the Humber House at the corner of W. Fifth and Washington Streets in Greenville.

0.005 Cubic feet, 1 audiocassette, 0.75 hour

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11619726

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Humber, Robert Lee, 1898-1970

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Robert Lee Humber, Jr. (1898-1970) was a lawyer, legislator, business executive, cultural leader, and founder of the Movement for World Federation. Dubbed as "Greenville's greatest contribution to the world," Humber was a native son of Greenville, graduated from Wake Forest, attended Harvard University and Oxford University, volunteered for World War I, and was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar. After the Nazi invasion of France in 1940, Humber and his family returned to Greenville from Europe where he...

Humber, John Davis, 1895-1991

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John Davis Humber was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1917) and medical doctor. He grew up in Greenville, N.C. He served as an Assistant in Anatomy at Wake Forest College, 1916-1917; as Superintendent of Southern Pacific General Hospital, San Francisco, 1927-1938; as a specialist in cancer research; and as co-founder of the Coffey-Humber treatment for cancer....