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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 (8462 total)

Katrina Interview\r\n\r\nInterviewee: Linda Clark\r\nInterviewer: Kimberly Mould\r\n\r\nTime of interview: 02/22/06\r\nPlace of interview: Metairie, LA\r\n\r\nBio:\r\n64 year old, single female (lives with boyfriend…

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My name is Marie Hartmann and I live alone in River Ridge. I have lived in this same house for over 50 years. I am 86 years old and I do not want to leave my home. I did not want to leave for the storm, but my son came a…

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August 21, 2005- here we go again, yet another storm heading our way. It is less than a week away. Preparations begin, concern with feelings of doubt take over the people of New Orleans and its surrounding areas. Many…

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I arrived in New Orleans and moved into my new apartment in the Lower Garden District on August 25 and was looking forward to starting classes at Tulane School of Public Health the following Monday. Here\'s the story of…

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We evacuated ahead of the storm, myself, husband, baby and two family friends. My 2 other children were staying with my ex-husband (with whom I shared joint custody) that weekend and he evacuated them. We converged in…

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This is the email correspondence between my mother and me before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina.

This is the email correspondence between my mother and me before, during, and after Hurricance Katrina.

After spending five days under Hurricane Katrina\'s wrath, I finally reached Houston, Texas. Through my days in the biggest storm to hit New Orleans, I was able to witness some amazing things and was lucky enough to…

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Wind and water we survived,\r\n all through the night she howled.\r\nYet in the day as we looked about \r\n from St. Charles to Bourbon Street,\r\n we saw a city still unbowed.\r\n\r\nIt was not she who mauled our…

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Hurricane Katrina Survivor Experience

My name is Jim Martin. When Hurricane Katrina struck on Aug 29 2005, I lived at 1719 Jackson Ave in Uptown New Orleans. I lived in the twenty percent of New Orleans that did not…

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