Information about Archivists and Archives 
affected by Hurricane 
Katrina
 

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If you have photos of affected areas, institutions, or collections that you would like to share, please email them to sgunn@ischool.utexas.edu along with a short description of each photo and the approximate time or day it was taken.


Submitted by: Howard Margot
Location: Notarial Archives
Descripton: Conservation area


Submitted by: Howard Margot
Location: Notarial Archives
Descripton: Entrance to courthouse


Submitted by: Howard Margot
Location: Notarial Archives
Descripton: Microfilm viewing room


Submitted by: Howard Margot
Location: Notarial Archives
Descripton: Open air view of City Hall


Submitted by: Howard Margot
Location: Notarial Archives
Descripton: Photography, scanning room


Submitted by: Howard Margot
Location: Notarial Archives
Descripton: Reading room


Submitted by: Howard Margot
Location: Notarial Archives
Descripton: Reference room


Submitted by: Howard Margot
Location: Notarial Archives
Descripton: Research Center is on 3rd floor


Submitted by: Howard Margot
Location: Notarial Archives
Descripton: Research Manager Howard Margot


Submitted by: Howard Margot
Location: Notarial Archives
Descripton: Stacks area


Submitted by: Howard Margot
Location: Notarial Archives
Descripton: View from front door


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: View from the side of the Main Library looking into Duncan Plaza and beyond towards Poydras Street.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Still another view from NOPL's Technology Center.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Another view inside NOPL's Technology Center.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: View from a broken window in the NOPL Technology Center looking towards Duncan Plaza and the Holiday Inn across Loyola Avenue.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Another view of the NOPL Technology Center.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: NOPL's Technology Center where two windows were blown in.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: A New Orleans Police Dept. press conference in front of City Hall.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Ceiling damage in NOPL's Technology Center.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Another view of ceiling damage in NOPL's Technology Center.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Tulane Medical Center across from NOPL's semi-flooded parking lot. Tulane Avenue, in between the two, still held at least a half-foot of water more than a week after the flood started.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: A view from the tenth floor of City Hall looking towards the Mobil Building which stands across Poydras Street adjacent to the Hyatt Hotel.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: View of the Superdome from the tenth floor of City Hall.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Irene Wainwright and Linda Santi tearing out a broken window in preparation for "securing" the Main Library with plywood.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Thomas Terry (City Hall Building Superintendent), Irene Wainwright, and Wayne Everard take a break for some cold water and sandwiches after securing the Main Library with plywood (photo by Linda Santi).


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: View from the Main Library driveway looking towards the Holiday Inn on the other side of Loyola Avenue.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: NOPL's Main Library from Loyola Avenue, showing the exterior cleanup in progress.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: NOPL's Milton Latter Branch on St. Charles Avenue. The branch appears to have escaped with minimal damage. It is housed in a 1906 mansion that once belonged to silent movie star Marguerite Clark and her aviator husband Harry Williams.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: NOPL's Alvar Branch, a WPA building in the city's Bywater section. It appears to have had little damage, but we haven't been inside yet.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: The New Orleans Police Dept./National Guard check point on St. Claude Avenue at Poland Avenue on the edge of the Bywater section of New Orleans. The area apparently was used as an evacuation point earlier in the week since it is on relatively high ground at the approach to the Industrial Canal bridge.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: The Loyola Ave. entrance to NOPL's Main Library.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: View from the Main Library lawn looking towards the Holiday Inn across Loyola Ave. Note the water line on the book drops.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: A "HELP" sign hanging from a window in the Ramada Hotel immediately adjacent to NOPL's Main Library.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: View out Gravier Street from outside NOPL's Main Library, looking towards Charity Hospital. Note the water line on the Ramada Hotel in the right foreground.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Irene Wainwright surveys the damage in Duncan Plaza, across Gravier Street from NOPL's Main Library.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: View of Duncan Plaza from the Gravier Street side of NOPL's Main Library. The view is looking towards Poydras Street.


Submitted by: Wayne Everard
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: First floor of NOPL Main Library


Submitted by: Brenda Evanick
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Algiers Point Branch


Submitted by: Brenda Evanick
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Algiers Point Branch


Submitted by: Brenda Evanick
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Algiers Point Branch


Submitted by: Brenda Evanick
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Algiers Point Branch


Submitted by: Brenda Evanick
Location: New Orleans Public Library
Descripton: Algiers Point Branch

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