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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.

Classroom building, Cameron Elementary School, Cameron/Louisiana, December 2005

Collapsed metal roofing, twisted beams, and scattered debris surround a bare tree in front of a damaged school building with exposed interior walls under a clear blue sky.

Collection

Rita

Classroom building, Cameron Elementary School, Cameron/Louisiana, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Classroom building, Cameron Elementary School, Cameron/Louisiana, December 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2657.