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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.

I was recently through this area in July 2006 on business and was discouraged to see how…

A large pile of debris and discarded household items sits on the grass in front of a brick house, with a date stamp reading "JUL 25 2006" in the corner.

I was recently through this area in July 2006 on business and was discouraged to see how little was done!

Original title

Item 4171

Citation

“I was recently through this area in July 2006 on business and was discouraged to see how…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/4171.