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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.

Picture51

A piece of heavy machinery with a red overhead arm sits stuck in thick mud, surrounded by debris and murky water; handwritten text below reads "3400 Red Boat Jan 18, 1994."

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Citation

“Picture51,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34865.