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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 “Poydras Street” (1 total)

Black-and-white photo of a man in a hat and sunglasses raising his arm during a jazz funeral procession, with musicians playing clarinets and saxophones behind him and city skyscrapers in the background.

May 12, 2007 - New Orleans, LA. Central Business District. Poydras Street. At the Jazz…