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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 (132 total)

Interview with Rev Steve Murphree who volunteered for the Katrina relief efforts.

Steve Murphree…

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 Kevin Vaughn, student at Middle Tennessee State University, who volunteered on the Gulf Coast as part of an alternative spring break trip.

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

Jim Schroeder…

Interview with Jason Brock, of Antioch, TN, who is Director of Love and Justice and Disaster Response of the United Methodist Church of Tennessee who was involved with Katrina relief.

Interview with Bruce Ciemniecki, of Franklin, TN, who helped to organize Katrina relief and drove supplies from Tennessee down to the Gulf Coast.

Bruce Ciemniecki…

Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer from private liberal arts college. Text begins: \"I came down to Common Ground because I wanted to be involved firsthand in a genuine struggle for social justice.\" Describes…

Portrait & Narrative…

Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer. Text begins: \"Fight 4 something or 4 nothing fall.\"

Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer. Text begins: \"I\'ve read that all modern cities sit atop erased lanscapes...\" Mentions how locals lament all the places the city lost even before Katrina. Comments on…