Description
The collection comprises photographs taken by United States Coast Guard (USCG) members that were released to the media that documented the recovery and relief efforts by various USCG units during Hurricanes 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.
The collection comprises photographs taken by United States Coast Guard (USCG) members that were released to the media that documented the recovery and relief efforts by various USCG units during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.