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 Volunteer from Ohio

Collection

Post-Katrina Portraits, Francesco

Charcoal portraits of Common Ground volunteer from Cleveland, Ohio. Gave up sprink break along with friends Dan and Jon. Describes \"lack of ease\" in role as viewer of Lower Ninth Ward devestation. Ponders his motives for \"spending spring break in a federal disaster area.\" Father works for FEMA.

Keywords:

college student, spring break

Files:

nickwright_f87532d64c.pdf

Citation

“Portrait & Narrative of Volunteer from Ohio,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed December 26, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26963.

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