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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 “Restaurateur” (2 total)

Smiling man with gray hair and dark sunglasses, wearing a white chef's coat and gold necklace, stands in a kitchen with metal strainers hanging on the wall and stainless steel equipment behind him.

Jack Dempsey.

Aged Polaroid photo of an older man in a white shirt sitting in a black leather chair, smiling, with a cluttered office backdrop including shelves, binders, and a cash register.

Jack Dempsey