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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.

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We weren\'t going to leave.\r\nWell, I wanted to. But my husband was one of those I-was-here-for-Betsy-and-I\'m-not-leaving types. Of course in Betsy he was 11, he lived near the river and didn\'t flood, and his dad was…

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Charcoal portrait of Elliot. Elliot\'s narrative covers 3 pages. Text begins: \"I never knew anything about New Orleans before I came down here, besides that it was the birthplace of jazz and Mardi Gras is a big…

Portrait & Narrative…

Charcoal portrait of Dan Smith, Jr. First line of text: My name is Dan Smith Jr. I was born on December 25, 1922...\" Describes his memories of Hurricane Betsy and flooding at textile plant and on Lasalle St. Did not…

Portrait & Narrative…

Former school employee describes returning to New Orleans on September 3, 2005 to rescue some \"older folks with special needs.\" Text begins: \"It was a horrific experience when I left the city...\"

Portrait & Narrative…

Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer Antonio K. Gonzalez drawn just before the Katrina one-year anniversary. Text describes his shock at lack of progress in rebuilding (no traffic lights, etc) and his respect and…

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\"Riding the Nightmare Express\" is a 23-page typescript of an unpublished memoir of Hurricane Betsy written by Ninth Ward residents Elizabeth Cousins Rogers (1891-1985) and her husband Walter Rogers (1900-1981). Walter…

\"Riding the…

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