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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 “Photo” (3 total)

A pile of storm debris including a wooden dresser, broken furniture, and a framed photograph of a smiling woman, alongside scattered papers and envelopes.

Garbage outside someone's home. Lakeshore, New Orleans, LA

A water-damaged framed photograph of several faces leans against a large pile of debris, including furniture, fabric, and household items, on a grassy lawn outside a home.

Garbage outside someone's home. Lakeshore, New Orleans, LA

A large pile of storm debris including a wooden chest, cardboard boxes, broken furniture, glass bottles, and a framed photograph, discarded outside a home in Lakeshore, New Orleans.

Garbage outside someone's home. Lakeshore, New Orleans, LA