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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.

reminders of the life that was lived inside those walls.

A worker in a white protective suit and red bandana uses a hammer on a mold-stained wall, beside a doorway decorated with music posters and magazine covers of Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, and The Beatles.

reminders of the life that was lived inside those walls.

Original title

Item 13899

Citation

“reminders of the life that was lived inside those walls.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/13899.