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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.

My City of Ruins (video)

The following video was made in the weeks after Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast. It was intended to remember the horror that wind and water can create. And also as a reminder of all that our region has provided to the world.

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“My City of Ruins (video),” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed October 20, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org./items/show/512.

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