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.

2005-28398.jpg (Object)

Collection

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Hurricane Katrina Photos

Vietnamese immigrant shrimper Sang Nguyen and his shrimp boat Miss Brittany Round cardboard shrimp net timing device and stainless steel fish release used in nets.\n

Citation

“2005-28398.jpg (Object),” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed May 2, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/1619.

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