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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 “Lafourche Parish” (1 total)

Sepia-toned portrait of a young woman in a high-collared white dress standing beside a large tree trunk, with wooded foliage behind her; the photo shows pink staining and surface damage.

Clothilde Rodrigue in Thibodaux, Louisiana taken between 1905-1915. This image is from the…