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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.

Katrina's Waveland devastation Sundance housing development

Woman holding a push broom stands amid storm debris on a cleared lot, facing a two-story house wrapped with banners and an American flag on its porch.

Collection

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Hurricane Katrina Photos

Katrina's Waveland devastation Sundance housing development

Original title

2005-28172.jpg (Object)

Citation

“Katrina's Waveland devastation Sundance housing development,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/777.