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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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\r\nGreta\'s evacuation story reveals how complicated the decision whether or not to leave the city in advance of a hurricane can be for New Orleanians. Greta\'s sense of responsibility towards her mother, who refused to…

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\r\n\r\nThe tour moves a couple of blocks to visit Greta\'s family church: Amozian Baptist Church. Greta describes her family\'s multi-generational connection to Amozian, and she also briefly sketches Amozian\'s role in…

NWT-Amozian Baptist…

\r\n\r\nHeaded closer towards the worst Industrial Canal levee breaches, the tour briefly stops near Greta\'s grandfather\'s house. The damage is much more severe, and the house has since been demolished and the lot…

NWT-Greta\'s…

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