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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.

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Studying at Keesler AFB during Katrina

Studying at Keesler…

Cajun Dome

Cajun Dome

Electrician's Perspective

Electrician's…

My friend.

My friend.

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Diane

Diane

Hurricane Katrina allowed me to view my extended family in a different way completely! I was aware a storm was coming, but having been a hard-headed local that has seen her share of hurricanes, I did not think much of…

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Kathleen Deshotel\'s presentation for the Imagining America national conference, which was held in New Orleans fall 2009.

Katrina & the Arts:

I will never forget the night before we decided to evacuate for Katrina. Never before had my family evacuated for a hurricane, like many other locals. We went to the Winn Dixie on Jefferson Ave. and got groceries to…

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I remember Hurricane Katrina it like it was yesterday. I was beginning my 8th grade year at the school I had been at for 9 years. I was so excited to spend my last year at the school with all my friends and be the "top…

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