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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.

I took one final view of Robert's place before leaving.

Dense tangle of dead, leafless tree branches fills the foreground, partially obscuring a damaged house with a tiled roof and a dark, open gap where siding or wall material has been torn away.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

I took one final view of Robert's place before leaving.

Original title

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Citation

“I took one final view of Robert's place before leaving.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3495.