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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.

Items tagged “Education” (9 total)

Where\'s the love in educational leadership?

Where\'s the love in educational leadership?

Top Ten Education Questions for Mayoral and City Council Candidates

Top Ten Education Questions for Mayoral and City Council Candidates

Seven girls in green sweaters and plaid skirts pose together outdoors, smiling in a group huddle near a black iron fence with parked cars and trees in the background.

Last day of eighth grade at St. Dominic's, 2003. New Orleans. This image was collected in…

Three students in white collared shirts pose with arms around each other outside school buildings, with other students carrying backpacks visible nearby under a cloudy sky.

Stephanie Riemer and friends at a new school outside the city after Hurricane Katrina. New…

Sepia-toned group portrait of fourteen women, seated and standing in two rows outside a wood-sided building, captioned "Faculty of Valena C. Jones School."

Valena C. Jones School. This image is from the archive at Xavier University. Xavier…

Black-and-white photo of a two-story building labeled "St. Louis School," with people on the balcony and a row of men in suits standing along the sidewalk in front.

St. Louis School (Convent School). This image is from the archive at Xavier University.…

Black-and-white photo of a large outdoor gathering of children in white communion dresses and suits seated in rows in a churchyard, with clergy and altar servers standing among them and adults watching behind.

Corpus Christi, Second Solemn Communion, June 2, 1918. Xavier University of Louisiana is a…

Large crowd gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony, with a flag-draped platform, wooden fencing, and houses in the background; handwritten caption reads "Breaking of the ground for the new Corpus Christi School, May 12, 1918."

Corpus Christi, groundbreaking for school, May 12, 1918. Xavier University of Louisiana is…

Rows of nuns in habits sit at desks reading books in a classroom, with chalkboards reading "Sight Singing" and "Summer Normal, New Orleans, La. 1922" visible at the front.

Sisters of the Holy Family. Xavier University of Louisiana is a private, coed, liberal…