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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.

Parts of the ceiling hang at the top of the photo.

Fire-damaged room with charred wood-paneled walls and torn ceiling insulation hanging overhead, debris-covered floor with a blackened television, soot-stained furniture, and a braided rug.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Parts of the ceiling hang at the top of the photo.

Original title

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Citation

“Parts of the ceiling hang at the top of the photo.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3491.