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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 “Volunteers” (2 total)

A two-story house with a newly rebuilt front section in reddish-orange siding and white trim, flanked by a palm tree and neighboring buildings, with debris piled near the street.

This is the rebuilding of the front part of my Gramma's home. People from all over came to…

Smokey