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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.

Chertoff meets with Coast Guard personnel.

A man in a maroon polo shirt shakes hands with a uniformed Coast Guard member wearing a wide-brim hat, surrounded by a crowd in uniform; a timestamp reads "3:52 PM."

Collection

Katrina photos of New Orleans and immediate areas

Chertoff meets with Coast Guard personnel.

Original title

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Citation

“Chertoff meets with Coast Guard personnel.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3954.