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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.

The student mall shows damage from the storm.

Interior of a gutted student mall with exposed metal ceiling framework and silver insulation above, brick columns supporting dark beams, cinder block walls, and an unfinished concrete floor scattered with equipment carts.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

The student mall shows damage from the storm.

Original title

P1010048.JPG

Citation

“The student mall shows damage from the storm.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3615.