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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)

9-31-05 W. Memphis, AR\r\nA podcast interview with Michael Guilliot from Kenner, La (a suburb of New Orleans)

9-3-05 W. Memphis, AR\r\nA podcast interview with a young man from the decimated 9th Ward called \"Woo Woo.\"

9-30-05 W. Memphis, AR\r\nA podcast made while we watched the aftermath of the levee failure.

Podcast from the hotel in W. Memphis, AR where we were staying immediately after the storm. This was done right after siting through the first footage of large scale looting in the city.

After watching the levees burst on CNN I started getting some of the other folks in the hotel to record podcasts. This one is from a lady named Anethea who lived in the 9th Ward

As we run from Katrina the Humid City team begin podcasts in order to keep everyone posted on our whereabouts. Little did we know at the time we were recording history. This first update was made from the Bonnet Carre…

Blog posting, SB: Relaxing on the Bayou, \r\nOctober 18, 2005\r\n\r\nMalls, Shopping, and Housing\r\n\r\nHurricanes Rita and Katrina got me thinking about malls as public spaces again. Historians, such as Lizabeth Cohen,…

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Blog posting, SB: Relaxing on the Bayou, September 29, 2005\r\n\r\nThe Bayou was Bumpin\r\n\r\nI am sitting at Chiro Java Cafe in Seguin, Texas, where I am tapping into their free wireless. Ah to be connected…

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Blog posting, September 10, 2005\r\nSB: Relaxing on the Bayou\r\n\r\nFrustrated Rescuers\r\n\r\nI talked tonight with my friend Amy who just returned from New Orleans. She and many other Coasties from Port Arthur landed…

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a reflection poem ( written by my mother)about Katrina & Rita