Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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.

Collection

Sociology Department, MSU

Title: Remembering Cameron Parish\r\n\r\nAuthor: Stan Weeber, Associate Professor, Sociology, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA\r\n\r\nThis is a remembrance of Cameron Parish which was mostly destroyed by Hurricane Rita. One year after Rita, it is the forgotten wasteland of the forgotten storm. The parish deserves much better.