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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 “Groundbreaking” (1 total)

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…