Conditions Governing Use

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.

Restricted Materials

Folder 2 contains participant release forms containing personal information. Therefore access to this folder is restricted. Please contact Special Collections staff if you need a list of all the trip participants.

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], New Orleans Volunteer Trip for Hurricane Katrina Cleanup Collection, WLU Coll. 0159, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.

Scope and Contents

This collection of materials relates to the February 2007 trip organized by Marguerite McClinton, Director of Elrod Commons and Campus Activities, in conjunction with the Office of Disaster Response for the Episcopal Diocese of Louisana, in which W&L students travelled to New Orleans to help with disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. It contains information about New Orleans, original volunteer agreements and releases, a letter from the Diocese to McClinton thanking her for organizing the trip, New Orleans visitors informational brochures, four cd-roms containing digital photographs, and a cd-rom containing a video created by the Diocese of Louisana about the disaster response efforts.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College Students
• Disaster relief
• Hurricane Katrina, 2005
• Hurricanes
• Louisiana -- New Orleans
• Natural disasters -- U.S. states
• Photographs
• Student volunteers in social service
• Washington and Lee University