-

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.

Living Room, Lyndel Drive

Devastated living room with peeling, water-stained walls, a collapsed ceiling, and debris covering the floor; a light fixture hangs above scattered papers, a gold ornament, and a framed picture still on the wall.

Collection

St. Bernard Parish

Citation

“Living Room, Lyndel Drive,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34251.