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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

Damaged living room with a stained fireplace mantel cluttered with small items, a black flag with a red skull-and-crossbones on the wall, and debris including a TV and wooden boards piled near a couch.

Here be monsters.

Living room. S. Rendon st., New Orleans.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2062.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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