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Hurricane Archive

Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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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 (5 total)

The Reprise of Shame\r\n\r\nBy Dr. Andre M. Perry, Contributing Columnist\r\nDecember 24, 2007 talkback\r\n\r\nWe can all agree that housing choices for the poor should change. The historic, unanimous vote from New…

The Reprise of Shame

Comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007.\r\n\r\n\r\n\"NEIGHBORHOODS: 2426 BRADISH PLACE\" was a multidisciplinary installation, the third in a series,…

Comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007.\r\n\r\nComplete text of card: \"I am 20 years older...It\'s almost two years now and I should feel like myself.…

I Am 20 Years Older

Charcoal portrait of a Common Ground volunteer from Wesleyan University. She describes her sense of \"home\" and how it changed after working in New Orleans. She praises a New Orleanian named Delanzy who got Common…

Portrait & Narrative…

\r\nIn explaining the effects of flooding on her neighborhood and her house, Greta discusses the uncertainty and fear of demolition that confronted many Lower Ninth Ward residents in the months following Katrina.…

NWT-Greta\'s…