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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 portrait of Common Ground volunteer from New England. Text begins: \"I saw the TV and wanted to come...\" Quotes Randy Newman\'s song \"Louisiana 1927.\"

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Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer Chris Joseph, who describes his experience in English and Spanish. English text begins: \"I arrived here 2 weeks ago and what I found was not what I thought I would find. The…

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Charcoal portrait of Common Ground volunteer. Text begins: \"The endless cascade of miracles continues before me. Katrina brought me back to New Orleans in search of the good in man....\"

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Former school employee describes returning to New Orleans on September 3, 2005 to rescue some \"older folks with special needs.\" Text begins: \"It was a horrific experience when I left the city...\"

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DC, a Common Ground volunteer, describes her experiences. Text begins: \"Before coming to New Orleans my world was this bubble where nothing really terrible happened and people were all treated fairly.\" Last line:…

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