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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 “Westbank” (1 total)

Two men pose on a suburban sidewalk in elaborate satin Mardi Gras costumes and crowned headpieces, one in pale blue, the other in orange and pink, for the 1972 Grela Parade.

Alvin Donner and Sidney Tingstrom dressed for the Mardi Gras Grela Parade on the westbank,…