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Hurricane Archive

Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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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 (23066 total)

Charcoal portraits of Common Ground volunteer from Cleveland, Ohio. Gave up sprink break along with friends Dan and Jon. Describes \"lack of ease\" in role as viewer of Lower Ninth Ward devestation. Ponders his motives…

Portrait & Narrative…

Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer. Complete text is: \"Some Trotskyists once asked me if I thought the revolution would come in my lifetime. I told them nuh-uh. Now I think it might happen. This is progress.…

Portrait & Narrative…

Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer. Text begins: \"I love to be at Common Ground. Since March of 2006. The first time to volunteer gutting and getting mold at the Lady\'s House, the women & children center. My…

Portrait & Narrative…

Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer. Complete text: \"There is no \'they\' here on the ground. That isn\'t a prescence here like I expected. Residents, workers, volunteers. Three overlapping rings of rebuilding,…

I have seen how bad things have gone since all of this has happened, and i just hope everyone is okay and may god bless all of those who are yet suffering.

Interview with William Dennius, born in Jackson, Mississippi.

Interview with Bridget Vinson, of Gentilly, LA, who evacuated to Tennessee after Hurricane Katrina.

Vinson Bridget…

Interview with Vicki Brumfield volunteered to help with recovery following Hurricane Katrina.

Vicki Brumfield…

Interview with Tom Hannegan of Fleetwood Homes who traveled to the Gulf Coast in the effort to rebuild lost homes.

Tom Hannegan…