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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

A smiling young man at a nighttime street gathering wears a large costume shaped like a giant FEMA check, made out to "Two Thousand" dollars with a "Temporary Housing" memo, signed "Michael Brown."

Halloween 2005 in post-Katrina New Orleans at the Intersection of Decatur and Governor Nicholls... The gentleman was dressed as a FEMA check.

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“Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2195.

Online Image Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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