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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)

Attached is a letter to Gov. Blanco and to the Commander of the Army Corps of Engineers regarding concerns over the state\'s coastal protection plan. It was forwarded by Oliver Houck, the Tulane Law professor who…

While enroute, Greta Gladney discusses some of the schools and other resources located on St. Claude Avenue before the August 2005 flooding. St. Claude connects the Lower and Upper Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish to…

NWT-Upper Ninth Ward…

\r\nIn explaining the effects of flooding on her neighborhood and her house, Greta discusses the uncertainty and fear of demolition that confronted many Lower Ninth Ward residents in the months following Katrina.…

NWT-Greta\'s…

\r\nGreta\'s evacuation story reveals how complicated the decision whether or not to leave the city in advance of a hurricane can be for New Orleanians. Greta\'s sense of responsibility towards her mother, who refused to…

NWT-Greta\'s…