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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.

Museum employees Anna Stanfield, Bob Brooks, and Marjie Gowdy

Four people stand on a gravel lot in front of a severely storm-damaged building stripped to its wooden frame, with a large tree and scattered debris nearby.

Collection

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Hurricane Katrina Photos

Museum employees Anna Stanfield, Bob Brooks, and Marjie Gowdy

Original title

2005-28281.jpg (Object)

Citation

“Museum employees Anna Stanfield, Bob Brooks, and Marjie Gowdy,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/1276.