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Contains 265 Results:

Bautista, Edith, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: USKR-DH-SR01
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents Summary: Edith Bautista [EB], age ss, is a Katrina evacuee from New Orleans. Her family is from Guatemala; however she and her sister were born and raised in New Orleans. She was a student at Loyola University when Katrina hit; she evacuated to Houston before the hurricane and waited for her family to arrive after they were moved from the Superdome to shelters. She gives us some details about her life before the hurricane, and how it has changed since. She...

Bautista, Titania, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: USKR-DH-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents Summary: Titania Bautista, age 19, is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans. She speaks briefly about growing up in New Orleans and her life and attitude before the hurricane, and then relates at greater length her experiences at the Superdome, her evacuation to Houston, her unhappiness in Houston, and her influence in getting her parents to return to New Orleans. She relates the effects of the storm on her family, and, most notably, seeing a man killed during...

Barrett, Ann, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: USKR-EWU-SR03
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents

Summary: Ann Barrett (AB) is a nurse who has lived in Houston for 23 years. She came here after a divorce to live with her retired parents and raise her son. Her interview tells about her experience with hurricanes and flooding living in Houston. AB is a diabetic and during Hurricane Rita, she passed out while driving trying to evacuate from Houston.

Interview by Elaine White.

Poret, Raymond, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-AB-SR01
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents Raymond Poret [RP], age 56, is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA] now living in Stafford, Texas because of Hurricane Katrina. His interview begins with some details from his early life and goes on to describe his adult life in NOLA. Then, after a few minutes describing the relatively calm situation on his job before Katrina hit, RP gives a long description of his evacuating before the height of the storm: getting a call from his hospitalized wife concerning the seriousness of the...

Darensbourg, Jacquelyn, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-AB-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents Jacquelyn “Jackie” Darensbourg [JD] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. Her interview begins with some details from her early married life and goes on to describe her moving into Pontchartrain Park, the first black subdivision in New Orleans. Jackie then gives description of her evacuation and two week hotel room stay in Tyler, Texas. After it became clear she could not return to NOLA in just a few days as anticipated, she and five other family members left to move in...

Darensbourg, Charles, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-AB-SR03
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents Summary: Charles Darensbourg [CD] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. His interview begins with some details from his early married life and goes on to describe moving into Pontchartrain Park, the first black subdivision in New Orleans. CD then gives description of his evacuation and two week hotel room stay in Tyler, Texas. After it became clear he could not return to NOLA in just a few days as anticipated, he and five other family members left to move in with a family...

Belton, Helene, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-AB-SR04
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents Summary: Helene Belton [HB] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. Ms. Belton’s describes her black Catholic background in the Seventh Ward of NOLA. She talks about the parochial schools she attended. Her husband has lived in the city almost thirty years. Their story is one of leaving the city just before the Hurricane hit. HB talks about life on the road, difficulties with FEMA, and help from family and strangers. She stayed with her extended family in Grove, then...

Belton, David, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-AB-SR05
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents Summary: David Belton [DB] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. Mr. Belton is originally from Newark, New Jersey but has lived in NOLA almost thirty years. He describes the different mindsets among blacks in Newark and those at Xavier University [XU] when he arrived in NOLA in the 70’s. DB talks about getting used to New Orleans’ customs and mores, especially what he calls, “creolism.” Eventually, with the help of native NOLA friends, he fell in love with the city and...

Dorand, Charlotte, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-AB-SR06
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents

Summary: Charlotte Dorand [CD] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. Ms. Dorand is NOLA native. She is a divorced mother of two grown children. Although one child lives in Louisiana, neither child lives in New Orleans. MS. Dorand is a self-employed professional. Charlotte’s story is one of desperation and rescue, of trips back to NOLA, of relocation in Houston, and a fear that NOLA will never be the same.

Sardie, Jacqueline, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-AB-SR07
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents

Summary: Jackie Sardie [JS] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. Ms. Sardie is NOLA native. She is a widowed mother of two grown children. Although one child lives in Louisiana, neither child lives in New Orleans. Ms. Sardie is a self-employed professional. Jackie’s story is one of desperation and rescue, of trips back to NOLA, of relocation in Houston, and a fear that NOLA will never be the same.

Saloy, Louis Jr., 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-AB-SR08
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents

Summary: Louis Saloy, Jr. [LS] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. Mr. Saloy is NOLA native. His wife and all his children that lived in NOLA evacuated for Katrina. Mr. Saloy is retired from the U.S. Postal Service. Due to problems with FEMA and no places to stay in NOLA, he finds the chances of rebuilding his home to be slim. Now in his seventies, he fears NOLA will never be the same in his lifetime.

Williams, Joseph, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-AB-SR09
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents

Summary: Joseph Williams [JW] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. Mr. Williams is NOLA native. He is a married father of three children.

Williams, Joycelyn, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-AB-SR10
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents

Summary: Joycelyn Williams [JW] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. Ms. Williams is NOLA native. She is a married mother of three children.

Ester, Chantella, 2007

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-ACR-SR06
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2007
Scope and Contents Summary: Chantella Ester [CE], age 22, is a Katrina survivor from the Seventh Ward of New Orleans, LA. She was born in New Orleans and lived in many parts of New Orleans. CE was staying in the Seventh Ward at the time of the storm. Her house experienced minor damage, but the grocery store around the corner was submerged in water. Going through the storm was one of the scariest times of her life. She witnessed unnecessary looting, dead bodies and violence, but she also had to loot for...

Magee, Tiffany, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-AD-SR01
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Scope and Contents Summary: Tiffany Magee is a Katrina survivor, daughter of Pamela Magee, from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. Her interview begins with her giving her address and slightly describing her neighborhood. She briefly relays a couple statements of what they had to experience the few days after the storm and the struggles of salvation. TM reports many descriptions of the journey her family and her had to go through. TM speaks about how she arrived to the shelter in Shreveport and then the...