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 transcribed version of a handwritten journal kept by Carmella Lovett who rode out the storm with her husband in Lacombe, La. It details the damage they encurred and how they dealt with lack of electricity, gas shortages, job uncertainty, and their family in the months following Hurricane Katrina.

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“Online File Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed May 18, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2253.

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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

Online File Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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