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Contains 265 Results:

Trahan, Angela, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-DT-SR01
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 [AT], age 27, is a Katrina survivor from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi [BSL]. Her interview begins with some details from her early life and goes on to describe BSL. Then, after a few minutes describing the relatively calm situation on the beach before Katrina hit, Angela gives a long description of her experiences in the height of the storm: waking up as water fills the school building where she and her family have taken shelter, escaping from the rushing water, having to...

Trotter, Vincent, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-DT-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary

Vincent Trotter is a Katrina survivor from Algiers, LA, who was working in NO in the Orleans Parish Prison when the hurricane hit.

Bogan, Ella Bush, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-GH-SR01
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary The following is a catalog of a tape-recorded interview with 66-year-old Ella Bush Bogan at her apartment home in Cornerstone Village Apartments – 3133 Cornerstone Park Drive in Houston, Texas. The interview is focused on her memories of an eastern New Orleans Community, “The Lower Ninth Ward”, and their evacuation from New Orleans during the Katrina Disaster and her family’s journey to Houston. Mrs. Bogan’s candid account of the community’s worthiness of restoration because of its rich...

Anthony, Helen J., 2006

 File — Multiple Containers
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Abstract The following is a catalog of a tape-recorded interview with 66-year-old Helen J. Anthony at her apartment home in Clear Wood Villas in Houston, Texas. The interview focused on her memories of her home and all the personal possessions that she lost and are not able to recover. Interviewee candidly expresses that a lack of notice and support after the hurricane by governmental officials has left the community she lived in for nearly 40 years abandoned and without a plan of restoration. ...

Nguyen, Hieu, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-HLU-SR01
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Hieu Nguyen [HN], age 16, born in New Orleans [NO], Louisiana. HN was one out of nine children in his family. HN described his typical day at Ben Franklin High School, a private school in Louisiana. HN’s best subject in school was math, but he had more fun in his English class. HN compared his experience in the Houston school system to the NO school system and found the Houston school system not challenging enough. HN lived in a small community where everyone knew everyone else and...

Washington, Marcus, 2007

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-JEW-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2007
Summary

Marcus Washington [[MW]], age 18, is a Katrina survivor from East New Orleans, Louisiana.

Burns, Danna, 2007

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-JEW-SR04
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2007
Summary

Danna Burns is a New Orleans native originally born in the Seventh Ward who is above 40 years of age. DB is a hard working individual who worked for the Fairmont Hotel in the food and beverage industry; lived in New Orleans East at the time of Katrina and was very open to share her positive and negative experiences before, during and after the storm.

Odems, Latrell, 2007

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

Latrell Odems [LO], age 26, is a Katrina survivor from East New Orleans, Louisiana. LO was an active member at Goretti Park and a new mother at the time of the storm (Katrina). She moved a few times because of the storm and finally ended up in Houston. She describes her grandmother experience being rescued and the impact on relatives.

Globe, Kevin, 2007

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-JEW-SR06
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2007
Summary

Kevin Globe [KG], age 29, is a Katrina survivor from Shreveport, Louisiana. KG is a carpenter and lived in mainly in Houston but worked in Slidell. After speaking with his neighbors at the time he started to make plans and evacuated the Sunday before the storm. He moved a few times because of the storm and finally ended up in South West Houston.

O'neal, Briana, 2007

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-JK-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2007
Summary

Briana “Bree” O’neal [BO], age 15, is a Katrina survivor from East New Orleans and Uptown, New Orleans, Louisiana. Briana describes the fun she used to have in her old neighborhood, her experiences evacuating and staying with 20 people in her auntie’s house, and her thoughts on going back to New Orleans. She also talks about finding and communicating with her friends on MySpace.

Reiss, Donice, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-JR-SR01
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Donice Reiss [DR], age 51, is a Katrina Survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. Her interview begins with some brief background details about where she was born and raised. After briefly providing background information DR begins her story with stating when she first heard the storm was coming and how she was in an absent state of mind. She briefly describes her journey to a small town in Georgia with a couple of friends from church. She elaborates on how the news footage and the word...

Mitchell, Ayesha, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-JR-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Ayesha Mitchell [AM], age 24, is a Katrina Survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana, [NOLA]. Her interview begins with some descriptions from her early life with living in the Desire Projects [DP], her brother’s suicide, and her mother’s schizophrenia condition. After her description of her early childhood, she then discusses events that led up to the storm including how she ended up staying behind in her two bedroom home with 7 other people. She describes how the water rose to the second floor...

Braggs, Derick, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-JR-SR03
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Derick Braggs [DB], age 32, is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. His interview begins with some details of his early life and goes on to describe how he was an adopted child and how he lived between Gretna, Louisiana and the 9th ward of New Orleans, he also briefly describes his life as a high school student. Prior to Hurricane Katrina DB decided to pursue his music career and while in the process he was working as a cab driver and one day he was shot in the head by one...

Veal, Terrence, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-JR-SR04
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Terrence Veal [TV] age 24, is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, LA [NOLA]. This interview begins with some details from his early life and moves on to describe where he was working and living prior to the Hurricane. Then, after describing working at Southern Tire Mart and Hope Haven he moves on to describe how he was at work when he first heard there was a mandatory evacuation to leave New Orleans for the Hurricane. He explains the train of events that took place in order for him to...

Mukes, Manuel, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-JR-SR05
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Manuel Mukes [MM], age 32, is a Katrina Survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. His interview begins with some details about his early childhood and upbringing and goes on to describe the New Orleans neighborhood he lived in as a child. MM gives a brief description of the height of the storm. He explains how he did not have any intentions on leaving New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina but his wife had his bags packed and ready to go when he came home from work. MM describes his and his...