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.

Growing up on the Mississippi, New Orleans always seemed like the immutable pivot around which life centered. Seeing the images of destruction threw everything into doubt. How could this happen? How could I help? I do not have any heroics to report, unfortunately. But like so many others I felt like for days the whole world stopped.

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“[Untitled],” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed April 18, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/42041.

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