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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.

Ocean Springs9

Debris-strewn yard with trees stripped of leaves and tangled with torn fabric, clothing, and plastic sheeting caught in the branches; broken wood, scattered boards, and a chain-link fence lie amid the storm wreckage below.

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Citation

“Ocean Springs9,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34710.