Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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.

I remember the day when I woke up and heard the news about it. I was stunned with what had ahppened and didn\'t understand why. My parents had been discussing politics when this occured and I couldn\'t make the connection about why. Then during the next few months I was really depressed about it because so many people had gotten hurt. My step dad went down to help rebuild some of the houses.

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“[Untitled],” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed October 17, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org./items/show/11548.

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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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