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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)

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Common Ground volunteer describes her experiences. Text begins: \"In times of crisis, when people are displaced, it takes community and collective strength of individual wills to gather resources and repair. Last line:…

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Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer who helped set up a community radio station. Text begins: \"It was not till I came to New Orleans that I discovered my passion for community radio...\"

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Charcoal portrait of ADH. Text begins: \"This, I, come/s from love...\" Narrative includes rap poem. \r\nPoem begins:\r\n\"You know we stormed through those flood gates thinking we could come here and save this…

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