Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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.

August 30: Peter Slevin of the Washington Post provides a report from Biloxi, Mississippi (text)

Biloxi, Miss. was one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. A Washington Post reporter provides an update.

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Biloxi, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi

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“August 30: Peter Slevin of the Washington Post provides a report from Biloxi, Mississippi (text),” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed February 1, 2026, https://www.hurricanearchive.org/items/show/443.

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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

August 30: Peter Slevin of the Washington Post provides a report from Biloxi, Mississippi (text)

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