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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.

President Bush meets with first responders to Katrina, USCG.

A man in a checkered shirt greets a line of uniformed Coast Guard members outdoors near a building, while photographers capture the moment and two onlookers stand on a balcony above.

Collection

Katrina photos of New Orleans and immediate areas

President Bush meets with first responders to Katrina, USCG.

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Citation

“President Bush meets with first responders to Katrina, USCG.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3950.