Collections

Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

Launched by a San Diego-based web poet and podcaster, Hellicane began modestly enough, featuring three eclectic poems addressing the disaster in different ways (http://hellicane.blogspot.com). Within a few days, nearly a thousand…

Deaf Government Area: Touring the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans

To provide insight into the family and neighborhood history obscured behind miles of devastated structures, the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank and community activist Greta Gladney organized a tour of the Lower Ninth Ward.…

Social Studies of Science Journal

This collection contains essays written in response to Hurricane Katrina, initially presented at the 2005 Social Studies of Science meetings, and recently published in the society's journal, Social Studies of Science, volume 37,…

Rosalie O'Connor Photographs

Rosalie O'Connor is a photographer based in New York City whose best known work centers upon the dance world.

A member of American Ballet Theater (ABT) in the 1980s and 1990s, Ms. O'Connor started photographing the ABT and other…

Narrating Hurricane Katrina Through Oral History

Beginning in Fall 2005 under the direction of Director Dr. Lisa Pruitt, the Albert Gore, Sr, Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University, pursued an initiative to document the experiences of as many Katrina evacuees and…

Baresden Website, Damage of Bay St. Louis Area

This collection comprises photos and stories originally posted on the Baresden website (http://www.baresden.com/) created by Fran and Mike Willumitis to tell the story of their evacuation from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi to North…

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102nd Military History Detachment

The 102nd Military History Detachment from the Kansas Army National Guard was dispatched to Louisiana for seven weeks during the massive recovery efforts following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to document the work done by the Army…

Storm Hunter's Hurricane Images

This collection comprises approximately 250 images, video, and a log from Mark Robinson and his colleagues, Scott McPartland, George Kourounis, and Dave Lewinson while chasing Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.



Mark Robinson is a…

Hurricane Katrina & Rita Clearinghouse

These photos come from the Hurricane Katrina & Rita Clearinghouse, and were contributed by Jay Edwards, John Pine, Patrick Hesp & Barrett Kennedy.



This clearinghouse has been established at the Louisiana State University, Baton…