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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.

Auditorium, Cameron Elementary School, Cameron/Louisiana, December 2005

Collapsed roof trusses and exposed steel framing hang over a storm-damaged auditorium, with rows of red seats visible amid piles of broken cinder blocks and debris on the floor.

Collection

Rita

Auditorium, Cameron Elementary School, Cameron/Louisiana, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Auditorium, Cameron Elementary School, Cameron/Louisiana, December 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2663.