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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.

Sifting through remains, Irish Bayou/Louisiana, November 2005

Three people search through a destroyed home's wreckage—splintered wood, twisted metal roofing, drawers, and muddy clothing scattered across the debris field.

Collection

Katrina

Sifting through remains, Irish Bayou/Louisiana, November 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Sifting through remains, Irish Bayou/Louisiana, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2486.