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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.

Items tagged “2011” (1 total)

Debris from a collapsed structure, including splintered wood, twisted metal, and a large damaged roof section, lies scattered under an overcast sky with bare trees in the background.

This picture was taken in the Watson Chapel area near Jacksonville, Alabama after the…