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.

Online Story Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

i am a psych nurse at the orleans parish criminal sheriff\'s office and was at the prison the day before katrina during and until the friday(sept 2) after. my 83 year old father was with me because he refused to evacuate. i am currently writing a book about what i saw and what we went through. i hope to be finished with the book in the next month or so.

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“Online Story Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 27, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org./items/show/1850.

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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

Online Story Contribution, Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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