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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.

BenPlays

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Collection

Panorama Jazz Band played that evening, each musician set up in a different "room" of the gutted house. amazing\r\n\r\nphoto by Scott Saltzmann

Keywords:

art, art installation, arts council of new orleans, community, gentilly, gentilly exhibit, group show, gutted, gutted house, house, installation, Katrina, la, neighborhood, neighborhoods project, new, New Orleans, orleans, usa

Citation

“BenPlays,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed December 7, 2025, https://www.hurricanearchive.org/items/show/28260.