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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.

100_0987

Water-damaged room with peeling, stained wood paneling, a torn curtain hanging from a barred window, an overturned wooden chair, and a wall-mounted telephone with dangling cord.

2006
Katrina
Rita
alternative
asb
break
burbon
charles taber
cst
french
hurricane
illinois
isu
la
new
orleans
spring
springbreak
state
stpatricks
taber
university

Citation

“100_0987,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/28701.