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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.

Portrait & Narrative of CMC

CMC_904ab0904f.pdf

Collection

Post-Katrina Portraits, Francesco

Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer from New England. Text begins: "I saw the TV and wanted to come..." Quotes Randy Newman's song "Louisiana 1927."

Mississippi
randy newman
real estate speculation
television

Citation

“Portrait & Narrative of CMC,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26747.