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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.

Edwin Nunez, oldest living Isleno descendent (96 years old).

Elderly man in a red embroidered vest stands beside a memorial wreath labeled "Vietnam Veterans of America," with cemetery monuments and trees in the background.

Collection

Do You Know What it Means

Edwin Nunez, oldest living Isleno descendent (96 years old).

Original title

Item 25798

dorothy benge
islenos
st bernard parish

Citation

“Edwin Nunez, oldest living Isleno descendent (96 years old).,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/25798.