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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.

Bowls and trinkets were removed from the muck inside a destroyed home.

A ceramic bowl painted with Christmas trees sits beside a porcelain figurine of two children under a floral umbrella, both caked with mud, resting on an outdoor table.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

Bowls and trinkets were removed from the muck inside a destroyed home.

Original title

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Citation

“Bowls and trinkets were removed from the muck inside a destroyed home.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3595.