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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 “Mississippi River” (1 total)

A black bird perches on a table beside a railing overlooking the Mississippi River, with the ferry "John James Audubon" passing by and trees lining the distant shore.

A bird watching a ferry on the Mississippi River. New Orleans. This image was collected in…