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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.

Piles of trash line the streets and quick attempts were made to patch this roof.

A two-story brick house with a patched roof and dark shutters stands behind a large pile of storm debris—furniture, mattresses, and household items—cordoned off with yellow caution tape.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

Piles of trash line the streets and quick attempts were made to patch this roof.

Original title

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Citation

“Piles of trash line the streets and quick attempts were made to patch this roof.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3648.