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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.

A few video tapes, a photo frame and other debris floated and landed here.

A mud-covered table holds a stack of RCA video tapes, a broken picture frame, and other flood debris, set against a damaged wooden wall.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

A few video tapes, a photo frame and other debris floated and landed here.

Original title

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Citation

“A few video tapes, a photo frame and other debris floated and landed here.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3493.