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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)

Interview with Kevin Fontenette originally of Slidell, LA who evacuated to Baton Rouge before Katrina and eventually to Tennessee after the storm passed.

Kevin Fontenette…

Interview with Kendyl Stokes, an emergency management planner with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, who assisted and managed with hurricane relief.

Kendyl Stokes…

Interview with Katrina Stanifer who volunteered with the alternative spring break program at Middle Tennessee State University.

Katrina Stanifer…

Interview with John Blankenship, an attorney in Murphreesboro, whose relatives along Mississippi\'s Gulf Coast were affected by Hurricane Katrina.

John Blankenship…

Interview with Jerrica Lugo was a freshman at Loyola University in New Orleans when Katrina hit the city. She returned home to Nashville, TN.

Jerrica Lugo…

Interview with Jacob Thompson of the Tennessee Air National Guard who deployed to the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina.

Jacob Thompson…

Interview with Hank Koeblar of Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.

Hank Koeblar…

Interview with LT Col. Gary Herr of the Tennessee National Guard who deployed to the Gulf Coast for Katrina relief.

Interview with Capt Francis Arnona, former resident of Mississippi who relocated to Tennessee.

Francis Arnona…

Interview with Dorothy Hobbs, from Moss Point, MS who relocated to Middle Tennessee after Hurricane Katrina

Dorothy Hobbs…