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Chretien, Bridgette, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-LB-SR05
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Bridgette Chretien [BC], age 34, is a Katrina evacuee from New Orleans, LA [NOLA]. Her interview begins with her name and place of residence before hurricane Katrina. BC lived 5 or 6 houses away from the levee in an East New Orleans neighborhood. She paints a picture of changing dynamics in that neighborhood. BC discusses her family’s routine of getting together frequently at her home with family and friends. BC explains that typically, her immediate family, her in-law’s, and friends do...

Roberson, Juanita, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-LB-SR06
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Juanita Roberson [JR], is a Katrina evacuee from New Orleans, LA [NOLA]. Most of this interview is delivered without interruption. JR lived in [NOLA] all of her life. JR lived in the Lower Ninth Ward before Katrina. She and her fiancé decided not to evacuate even though most of her family did. When a sister called her from safety outside NOLA, she discovered that her home was being flooded. She walked most of the way to the Morial Convention Center before she and her fiancé were given a...

Norflin, Tiffany Cloud, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-LB-SR07
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Tiffany Cloud [TC], age 30, is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, LA. TC introduces herself as married, mother of a four month old, as well as, “a product of a single parent household.” She discusses her mother’s struggle to send her to private school, as well as the experience of being Baptist, attending private schools. TC was a teacher in the Orleans parish school system. She contrasts teaching in predominately poor, Black schools with limited resources in New Orleans with teaching in...

Berry, Harry D., 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-LB-SR08
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Harry Berry [HB] is a Katrina evacuee from New Orleans, LA. HB introduces himself as married, with grown children. HB begins his story with his decision to evacuate hurricane Katrina, using the contra flow, to Houston. He describes the devastation he saw riding through New Orleans on his return, October 15. He describes the eeriness of no one being around. He describes the aftermath of Rita on his return to Houston. HB describes the devastation he witnessed on his second trip to New Orleans...

Williams, Jaha, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-LB-SR09
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Jaha Williams [JW], age 31, is a Katrina evacuee from New Orleans, LA. JW is originally from Seattle, Washington. JW attended Southern University in Baton Rouge. JW attended the University of New Orleans for her Master’s degree. JW felt like her neighbors in Behrman Heights in Algiers were her second family and she misses that community life. JW was very involved with Franklin Avenue Baptist church in New Orleans and misses that community. She talks about the church regrouping in Houston,...

Breau Getwood, Jacqueline, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-LB-SR10
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Jacqueline Breaux [JB], is a Katrina evacuee from New Orleans, LA. JB is originally from Port Arthur, Texas. JB married a man who studied dentistry and eventually they moved to New Orleans for him to open his own practice. They reared three daughters in New Orleans. JB and this husband divorced in 1997. JB evacuated hurricane Katrina to her childhood home in Port Arthur where her father still resided. When hurricane Rita hit she evacuated in a caravan of family members including her...

Landry, Cohen, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-LB-SR11
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Abstract Cohen Landry is a Katrina evacuee from New Orleans. [CL] is a child of 10 children whose family moved around a lot during his elementary years due to the fact that his father was in the U.S. Army. While high school age his parents settled on the West Bank of New Orleans, Louisiana. CL married his high school sweetheart. They had recently moved to a new home and made several big ticket purchases in starting a new life when hurricane Katrina was tracked to hit the Gulf Coast. CL and his family...

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...