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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.

Trash is piled high at the corner of Lotus and Lavender.

Row of damaged houses with a massive pile of debris—furniture, mattresses, appliances, and trash bags—heaped along the curb in front of them under a clear blue sky.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

Trash is piled high at the corner of Lotus and Lavender.

Original title

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Citation

“Trash is piled high at the corner of Lotus and Lavender.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3633.