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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 “Family” (54 total)

Black-and-white photo of a man and woman standing on grass beside a vintage Chevrolet, holding a baby between them, with houses visible in the background.

Great-great, aunt Katie and great-great, Uncle Hubert of Heather Starks, with daugher…

Vintage color photo of a woman, man, and boy standing in a driveway beside a partially melted snowman, with a brick house and bare tree in the background.

Great-great, grandmother of Healther Starks, Amelia Ferris Couch, with unknown man and boy…

Black-and-white 1912 group portrait of an extended family arranged in rows, seated and standing before American flags and palm fronds, with handwritten names and arrows added above each person.

Family picture, 1912. This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman, Professor of History…

Four people ride a hollowed-log boat down a water flume, splashing at the bottom; the boat bears the text "Pontchartrain Beach."

Harold, Harold Jr., Candy and Johnette Bernard on log ride at Pontchartrain beach, New…