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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.

Backboard and classroom building, Cameron Elementary School, Cameron/Louisiana, December…

A basketball hoop and backboard stand intact against a clear blue sky above a severely damaged school building with a collapsed roof and debris scattered below.

Collection

Rita

Backboard and classroom building, Cameron Elementary School, Cameron/Louisiana, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Backboard and classroom building, Cameron Elementary School, Cameron/Louisiana, December…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2654.