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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.

We left Gentilly and drove to the area off of Canal near the Lindy Boggs hospital.

Two damaged two-story houses, one pink and one light blue, with porches and balconies, stand amid piles of debris and discarded appliances along a street under a clear blue sky.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

We left Gentilly and drove to the area off of Canal near the Lindy Boggs hospital.

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Citation

“We left Gentilly and drove to the area off of Canal near the Lindy Boggs hospital.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3554.