2005-12-14

Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston

This is an oral history interview with Dr. Paul Roby conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Dr. Roby is the Director of Neighbors-2-Neighbors Program, Office of Disaster and Preparedness and Response, a program designed to match up evacuee families with local Houstonian families.  This interview looks at the analysis of a disaster and the philosophy of reestablishing the physical and emotional needs of the victims by matching evacuee families with local ones who introduce them to neighborhood stores and facilities.  He was interviewed on December 14, 2005 at his office in the Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston, 3217 Montrose Blvd., Houston, Texas 77006.  The interview was conducted by Ernesto Valdés, Center for Public History, University of Houston where the tape is deposited in M.D. Anderson Library on the main campus of the university.

interviews

Disaster relief; Roby, Paul B.

Houston, Texas

Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

English

Collection
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Houston History Archives
Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

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