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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.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

Debris and collapsed structures fill a residential lot in the Lower Ninth Ward, with surviving houses, bare trees, and a utility pole standing amid the wreckage under a clear sky.

Lower Ninth Ward after Katrina

Citation

“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/1992.