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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 “Ship” (2 total)

Rusted hull of the "S.S. Hurricane Camille" shrimp boat sits grounded in a grassy field beside a roadway, with a car side mirror visible in the foreground and a billboard in the background.

Shrimp Boat Tossed Like A Toy

A green and white crewboat with a tall antenna mast moves through calm water, with a low marshy shoreline visible in the background under a hazy sky.

This is an image of the crewboat \"Eurma Jane,\" named after Eurma Landry and Jane Danos.…