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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 “Coast” (3 total)

A red minivan severely damaged with its roof torn open and side door missing, sitting on muddy ground amid storm debris and damaged trees.

Washed Away

Vintage photo postcard with decorative border showing two women in bathing suits walking along a shoreline, with a car parked on the sand in the distance; captioned "Grand Isle, La. June, 1934. Beach Scene. Mary & Margaret K."

Mary and Margaret K. at the beach, Grand Isle, Louisiana, June, 1934. This image is from…

Black-and-white 1934 photograph of a long wooden pile bridge extending across water toward Grand Isle, Louisiana, with marsh grass and debris in the foreground.

Bridge entering Grand Isle, Louisiana, June, 1934. This image is from the archive of Ron…