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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 seats were removed from the auditorium.

An auditorium with its seats removed, leaving a stained, bare floor leading up to a stage with a painted city skyline backdrop and furniture cordoned off with caution tape.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

The seats were removed from the auditorium.

Original title

P1010065.JPG

Citation

“The seats were removed from the auditorium.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3630.