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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 (16 total)

February 2008 marks my second trip to do Hurricane Katrina relief with Emory & Henry College. My first trip in March 2007 was a great learning experience for me, as I was placed first-hand into the destruction still left…

Notes prepared by LanceHill: \r\nThis is an account of a physician stranded at the Ritz Hotel on Canal Street who set up a clinic at the Sheraton for the police and then ended up treating people at the center. I know…

Medical Assistance,…

Interview with Mark Edwards who volunteered in Bogalusa, LA to help with Hurricane Katrina relief

Mark Edwards…

Interview with Dr. Leslie Sharpe from Murphreesboro, TN who accompanied students of Middle Tennessee State University on an alternative spring break trip to help with the Gulf Coast recovery.

Leslie Sharpe…

Interview with Kendyl Stokes, an emergency management planner with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, who assisted and managed with hurricane relief.

Kendyl Stokes…

Interview with Jacob Thompson of the Tennessee Air National Guard who deployed to the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina.

Jacob Thompson…