Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Items (2 total)

My parents and I, their dog and my cat, came back to New Orleans on September 22, 2005 (my birthday, incidentally). We had traveled from Alabama only to be met at every checkpoint by National Guards who told us they…

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Nicole Romagossa\'s Aunt tells the following stories about her family\'s connections to Carrollton and Oak Street:\r\n\r\nMy family\'s roots are deep in the Carrollton/Oak Street area. My great grandmother, Pauline…

Oak Street Roots run…

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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

Items (2 total)

My parents and I, their dog and my cat, came back to New Orleans on September 22, 2005 (my birthday, incidentally). We had traveled from Alabama only to be met at every checkpoint by National Guards who told us they…

Nicole Romagossa\'s Aunt tells the following stories about her family\'s connections to Carrollton and Oak Street:\r\n\r\nMy family\'s roots are deep in the Carrollton/Oak Street area. My great grandmother, Pauline…