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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.

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In cars, on bikes and on streetcars, natives and newbies alike converged from all parts of New Orleans and South Eastern Louisiana to Oak Street for the Second Annual New Orleans Po Boy Festival. They were treated to…

City of Friends:…

i waas at home then went to neworleans the 9 ward

Susan Connors \r\n410 Virginia Terrace \r\nMadison WI 53726\r\n3,466 Words\r\n\r\nSunshine Pavilion \r\n\r\nShe sits on the edge of the Red Cross cot, hand to her head. \"How\'re you doing, Arlene?\" I ask. Deep…

My name is Zina Bennett, my son and I have been living in Huntsville, Al for the past 31/2 years. My son was and I was befriended by this teacher named Micheal Horton and I came to trust him. I worked closely with him in…

\"The heart prefers to move against the grain of circumstance; perversity is the soul\'s very life.\" - John Updike; \"Assorted Prose\"; 1965\r\n\r\nSo I\'ve just lived through the most devastating disaster to hit the…

Interview with Ed Muniz regarding the founding of the Krewe of Endymion, the largest of New Orleans\' Mardi Gras parades

Endymion Krewe…