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Martinez, Alberto, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-RS-SR01

Interview conducted in Garifuna.

Dates

  • 2006

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Conditions Governing Access

Oral history recordings are currently only available on site in the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections. For questions about oral history transcripts and other project documentation, please contact collection curator Mary Manning at [email protected].

Extent

From the Collection: 6 linear feet

Additional Description

Summary

Alberto Martinez is a Katrina survivor from kenner, Louisiana. His interview begins with some details about his native country (Honduras). He goes on to tell us how he moved from Honduras to Bronx, New York and from New York to New Orleans. Then, Alberto give us some details about his experience from the storm, what happen when it struck and how he along with his family had to evacuate after every exiting route from New Orleans to Houston was closed. Alberto then describes how it was when he first made it Houston and how he started to accept everything that had happen to him.

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Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
MD Anderson Library
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Houston TX 77204-2000 USA
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