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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_3308

Weathered wooden house with a corrugated metal roof and old TV antenna, its green paint peeling, partially obscured by overgrown trees and bushes; a faded sign reading "FREE" is visible near the porch.

Katrina
church
covenant
la
lacombe
new
presbyterian

Citation

“100_3308,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34744.