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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 “Houma” (2 total)

The hours before Hurricane Katrina, I was on my way to Alexandria, LA. When I saw the size…

Two people stand on the deck of a shrimp boat holding a catch of shrimp over a wooden sorting table, with marshland and open water visible in the background.

Eurma Landry and unknown man on a shrimp boat, Houma, Louisiana.. This image is from the…