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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 of Dan Pomeroy who went to the Gulf Coast as a member of the American Association of State and Local History to survey damage of historic properties

Interview with Cori Lee who lived in New Orleans and her family evacuated to Middle Tennessee and now attends Middle Tennessee State University.

Cori Lee HK656K.mp3

Interview with Chet Brace, of Murphreesboro, TN, who volunteered for relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina

Interview with Cecil Whaley, Emergency Management Administrator for Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.

Cecil Whaley…

Interview with Catherine Griffon a lifelong resident of Pass Christian, MS who relocated to Middle Tennessee following Katrina

Catherine Griffon…

Interview with Barron Russell, a native New Orleanian, who relocated to Middle Tennessee after Hurricane Katrina.

Barron Russell…

Interview with Barbara Manix evacuated to Middle Tennessee from Waveland, Tennessee.

Barbara Manix…

Interview with Allison Kennedy was a freshman at Xavier University in New Orleans, LA who enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University after she evacuated.

Allison Kennedy…

I live in the Northern Virginia area and was taken back by the damage Hurricane Katrina left along the Gulf. In response to the devastation, our church youth director gathered together a group of adults and youth that…

A graveyard that was tore apart and emptied by the storm.