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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.

Katrina Collection team Entering New Orleans

A woman in overalls and yellow rubber gloves stands in a mud-covered room, surveying flood damage amid overturned furniture, a stripped cabinet, and debris-strewn floors.

Collection

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Hurricane Katrina Photos

Katrina Collection team Entering New Orleans

Original title

2005-27914.jpg (Object)

Citation

“Katrina Collection team Entering New Orleans,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/1431.