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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 Nicki Sabalu

NickiSabalu_89a46a6244.pdf

Collection

Post-Katrina Portraits, Francesco

Charcoal portrait of Nicki Sabalu. Text begins: "Among my first days in New Orleans a woman invited me to visit her home on Congress Street (Upper Ninth Ward)..."

house gutting
resilience
volunteer

Citation

“Portrait & Narrative of Nicki Sabalu,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26823.