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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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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I am from Baton Rouge and was not directly affected by hurricane Katrina, but was by the aftermath. The most memorable result of Katrina in Baton Rouge for me was the population increase. Many people took others into…