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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 “Letter” (1 total)

Handwritten page in blue ink titled "David Chatham," recounting a family history beginning with 4th great grandfather Thomas Dunnam's 1850s migration from England to the Carolinas and Mississippi.

Family lineage of David Chatham. This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman, Professor…