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.

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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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I wasn\'t in New Orleans for Katrina, as I\'ve only recently arrivd to the city, but I remember thinking that it was an awful tragedy and after Kanye West\'s comments began thinking that the appalling government response…