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Brown, Nicole, 2008

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-CJ-SR29
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2008
Summary Nicole Brown [NB], age 20, is a Hurricane Katrina Evacuee from Eastern New Orleans, LA. Nicole attended Sarah T. Reed High and was very into high school life. NB evacuated with her boyfriend for the Hurricane to Woodville, MS. There she lived without electricity as a result to the storm until leaving to search for her family in Lafayette, LA. NB moved several times after the storm from city to city to find a place to call home. NB now lives in Houston, TX with her family but is planning on...

Williams, Anne, 2008

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-CJ-SR32
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2008
Summary Anne Williams [AW], age 56, is a Hurricane evacuee from New Orleans Mid City. AW came from a household of eight siblings and grew up in the 6th ward. AW held down employment at Tulane Medical center and Mercy hospital during her time in New Orleans. AW did not evacuate from her home during Hurricane Katrina. AW and he family went to bed believing the storm had past over to awake to waist high water in her bedroom. AW and her family struggle to get out of their home to safety on a neighbors...

[Unidentified], undated

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-CL-SR01
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: undated
Scope and Contents From the Series: The current online list is only a small sample of the complete inventory. Additional inventory work is underway. For questions, please contact archivist Christian Kelleher at [email protected] history interviews describe the experiences and reflections of survivors displaced to Houston by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Interview summaries/logs are available for research use, and interview recordings may be accessed on-site in the University of Houston Libraries...

Trahan, Angela, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-CL-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Angela Trahan, age 27, is a Katrina survivor from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. She begins by talking about her childhood and the good qualities of the town where she was raising her kids. The day before the storm Bay St. Louis became a ghost town, because a lot of people evacuated and a lot of stores sold out of merchandise. Angela described their preparation for the storm at St. Stanislaus’s Catholic boarding school, where her mother was scheduled to work to feed international students who...

Smothers, Shari L., undated

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-CL-SR03
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: undated
Abstract

Shari L. Smothers, formerly an SKR interviewer, and SKR archivist at the time of the interview, describing her experiences as an interviewer of fellow survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

Lee, Valerie, 2007

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-DH-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2007
Summary Valerie Lee, age 19, originally from Dallas, TX lived at Xavier University in Third Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, and is now living at the University of Houston as a result of Hurricane Katrina. She speaks about life in New Orleans, playing volleyball, the community from which she came from in New Orleans and the decision to evacuate with friends to Beaumont from the hurricane. She elaborates on evacuating to Beaumont, attending SMU and then relocating to Houston. She details the moving...

Nunez, Clementina, 2007

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-DH-SR03
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2007
Summary Clementina Nunez [CN], age 18, is a Katrina survivor from The Boondocks, New Orleans, Louisiana; she lived with her mother and aunt in an apartment. CN talks about the week before the hurricane and signing up for classes and how they were planning to move; how that Friday was the last day she saw her friends and how the category kept on changing. She shares her experience of seeking shelter and moving through Louisiana in search of temporary housing and more shelter. On this journey, after...

Noah, Ashley, 2007

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-DH-SR04
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2007
Summary Ashley Noah [AN], age 19, is a Rita survivor from Beaumont, Texas. As Rita approached the coast, AN had been visiting her home from her first year at the University of Houston. She planned originally to remain in Beaumont with her mother while Rita moved through Houston, but after the storm’s path shifted to Beaumont, she evacuated to Dallas and then The Woodlands. AN describes returning to Beaumont to find her house storm-damaged, including her bedroom. She and her family received some...

Castro, Mauricio, 2007

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-DH-SR05
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2007
Summary

Mauricio Castro comments about surviving Hurricane Katrina at sea in the Gulf of Mexico, he shares his experience of holding on to his bed and not being able to stand up and praying to God for his family, and accepting his death if it were to come at that moment. He shares his history from migrating to the US and what life has been since. He also comments on the role that God has played in his life.

Castro, MIrta, 2007

 File — Multiple Containers
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2007
Summary

Mirta Castro speaks of what life was like in New Orleans before the hurricane and the process of migrating to the United States. She speaks of God’s role and how grateful she is to him for all that she was able to gain. She speaks extensively of her evacuation journey and a variety of issues including transferring and adapting to Houston and what it felt like to loose everything.

Thomas, Stephanie, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-DM-SR01
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Stephanie Thomas [ST], age 52, is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, LA [NOLA]. Her interview begins with some brief details of her life in New Orleans before Katrina. Stephanie gives a long description of her experiences during and after the storm as flood waters begin to fill downtown New Orleans. Stephanie and her family had evacuated to a hotel in downtown New Orleans. They were on the fourth floor of the hotel when water began to rise and fill the hotel. Stephanie, her husband, her...

Naquin, Phyllis, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-DM-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Phyllis Naquin [PN], age 43, is a Katrina Survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her interview begins with a description of her job in personal care and her duties before the storm. PN took care of her mother up until the time of her death. Her mother died two weeks before Katrina hit. Phyllis then gives a long description of her decision not to evacuate and the aftermath of waking up to rushing waters in her bedroom. She stayed in her New Orleans home for two days, witnessed conditions...

Parker, Natasha, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-DM-SR03
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Natasha Parker [NP], age 29, is a Katrina Survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana. Natasha describes herself as a Katrina Survivor who loved New Orleans. NP was born and raised in New Orleans, with the exception of living in Minnesota for 5 years while attending college. NP gives a good description of the New Orleans 7th Ward history and New Orleans East. NP lived in Pine Grove, LA briefly after the storm and then moved to Houston. NP is rebuilding her life in Houston and plans to one day...

Richard, James, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-DM-SR04
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary James Richard [JR], age 66, is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana. JR is originally from St. Bernard Parish. However, James settled on living in New Orleans East were he had been living for 23 years until Katrina. James enjoyed upgraded living in New Orleans East. JR decided to evacuate to Greensburg, Louisiana. Eventually, he moved to Houston. Interestingly, he believes that Katrina was a work of God. After attempting to live with several relatives, JR contemplated suicide. In...

Morgan, Otice, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-DM-SR05
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary

Otice Morgan [OM], age 24, is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana. Otice was born and raised in New Orleans and had lived there her entire life. Otice’s entire apartment was ruined, as well as, the community she comes from in New Orleans East [NOE]. Otice evacuated early with her family to Pine Grove, Louisiana. Eventually, she moved to Houston where she is now rebuilding her life and family network.