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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 (52 total)

Anonymous comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007.\r\n\r\nComplete text on card: \"The houses floated into the middle of the streets in the Lower Nine,…

Comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007.\r\n\r\nComplete text on card: \"The strength of us / the weakness we share/ the love and compassion / we grow…

The Strength of Us

Comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007.\r\n\r\nComplete text from card: \"It was hot, very hot, very very hot. It stunk. It was depressing, very…

Anonymous comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007.\r\n\r\nComplete text: \"BRING BACK THE SAENGER THEATRE. Thank you --a teen.\"…

Bring Back the…

Comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007.\r\n \r\nText on card: \"I am so sad to see history--cypress doors, mantles, wooden window--\"gutted\"--tossed…

Comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007. Features ink drawing of destroyed house, car, trees.\r\n\r\n\"NEIGHBORHOODS: 2426 BRADISH PLACE\" was a…

To Deja From Lea

Comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007. Illustrated with a drawing that includes an anti-Bush symbol.\r\n\r\n\"NEIGHBORHOODS: 2426 BRADISH PLACE\" was…

Me and New Orleans…

Comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007.\r\n\r\nComplete text on card: \"Crows Laundromat where the suds bubble and flow. By the fairgrounds--now it\'s…

Crow\'s Laundromat

Comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007.\r\n\r\nComplete text of card: \"I am 20 years older...It\'s almost two years now and I should feel like myself.…

I Am 20 Years Older

Anonymous comment card written in response to an exhibit by artist Maxx Sizeler at 2426 Bradish Place on May 19, 2007.\r\n\r\nComplete text of card: \"They tore down the funeral home finally--the one next to the bayou.…