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Hurricane Katrina, 2005

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort in Houston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1441
Scope and Contents This collection documents the experience of Hurricane Katrina through a Houstonian lens. It contains records from social agencies, the City of Houston, and other organizations that made an effort to relieve the human and animal suffering of this disaster. An artificial collection, these records were gathered from various groups, rather than from any single source. The collection seeks to document the effort Houstonians made to assist survivors of the storm. The storm itself is of secondary...
Dates: 2005-2007

William H. "Bill" White Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0324
Content Description

This 27-box collection contains the selected professional papers of William Howard “Bill” White, reflecting his career as mayor of Houston from 2004 to 2010. Materials of particular interest include those related to “Get Houston Moving,” “Cooler Houston,” “Houston Hope” and Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ike.

Dates: Other: 1996-2011; Majority of material found within 2003-2010
African American History Research Center
Houston Public Library
1300 Victor Street
Houston, Texas 77019
832-393-1440
HPL.Gregoryschool@houstontx.gov
Houston History Research Center
Houston Public Library
550 McKinney St.
Houston, Texas 77002
832-393-1662
TXR.Reference@houstontx.gov