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Hurricane Archive

Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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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.

Items (24 total)

Interview with Rachel Shenk, student at Middle Tennessee State University, who volunteered for hurricane relief efforts.

Rachel Shenk…

Interview with Laura Dolph, a veterinary technician, who traveled to the Gulf Coast to rescue stranded pets.

Interview with Capt John Rigdon of Tennessee National Guard who responded after Hurricane Katrina.

Interview with Jim Schroeder who lives in Murphreesboro, TN and volunteered for Katrina relief.

Jim Schroeder…

Interview with Peggy and Carrol Jarvis who lived in St. Martins, MS prior to Hurricane Katrina and relocated to Tennessee.

Interview with Dorothy McLaren who lived in Brookhaven, MS prior to Hurricane Katrina, and relocated to middle Tennessee.

Dorothy McLaren…

Interview with Denise Gaspard who lived in New Orleans prior to Katrina and evacuated and relocated to middle Tennessee.

Denise Gaspard…

Interview with David Shinn, member of the Tennessee National Guard who was deployed to Naval Air Station New Orleans to help with the recovery efforts.

Interview with Dan Brown lived in Gentilly, LA prior to Hurricane Katrina and relocated to Nashville, TN.

Interview with Charles Bell, of Murphreesboro, TN, was deployed with the Tennessee National Guard to the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina.

Charles Bell…