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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 “Venice” (1 total)

Aerial view of a crewboat's stern deck loaded with wire-mesh cages, metal pipes, crates, and rigging equipment, with a crew member sitting at the rail and green water surrounding the vessel.

The deck of the crewboat Eurma Jane loaded with cargo. This boat worked often for the…