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.

Portrait & Narrative of Chris Joseph

Collection

Post-Katrina Portraits, Francesco

Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer Chris Joseph, who describes his experience in English and Spanish. English text begins: \"I arrived here 2 weeks ago and what I found was not what I thought I would find. The reconstruction effort is far behind...\"