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.

Online File Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

This is a radio interview with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, just days after Katrina flooded the city. This interview originated on WWL 870am, and portions of it have been used by nearly every news network in the United States.

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“Online File Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed April 16, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/21.

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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

Online File Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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