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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 “Canary Island Descendants Association Museum” (1 total)

Group of people in period costume pose on the steps and porch of a white wooden building with a metal roof, representing the Canary Island Descendants Association Museum in Caernarvon, 2005.

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth \"Gidget\" McDougal, Tourist Director at St. Bernard Parish…