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.

St. Bernard evacuation

Collection

Documents & Images, Convention Center

This is from an interview conducted by Shannon Gibney for the September 20, 2005 issue of the Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages newspaper (volume 26 - Issue 1294). The article, New Orleans Survivor Stories, includes many other first person accounts. The entire article can be found online via the following link:\r\n\r\nhttp://citypages.com/databank/26/1294/article13694.asp