Robert Lee Humber, Jr., Papers

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Robert Lee Humber, Jr., Papers

1929-1969

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/1316

This collection documents the life of Robert Lee Humber, Jr., (May 30, 1898-Nov. 10, 1970) who was well-known nationally and in many countries for his Movement for World Federation begun in 1940 as a way to promote lasting world peace. In North Carolina, he was also well-known for persuading the General Assembly and the Kress Foundation of New York to invest heavily in founding the North Carolina Museum which opened in 1956. Other interests of Dr. Humber were state politics (serving as a Democrat state senator from Pitt County), education (leading the effort to create Pitt Technical Institute), and the Southern Baptist denomination. These extensive files donated from the estate of his son John L. Humber cover all of his life’s work.

100.0 Cubic feet, 97 cubic foot boxes

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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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...