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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Armando Couto Collection
Date(s)
- 1961-1990 (Creation)
Extent
84 Linear Feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
Armando Couto (1918-1995) was a famous writer of popular radio programs in Cuba. His most famous work is "Los tres Villalobos," one of Cuba's most well-known radio shows.
He was exiled to Miami in January 1961, where he continued to write radio programs that were broadcast throughout Miami and Latin America.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Armando Couto Collection contains photographs, correspondence, and typewritten scripts of radio programs written by Armando Couto (1918-1995) broadcast in Miami, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Nicaragua.
The collection also contains "Revistas Semanales," illustrated reproductions of Couto's radio programs published by Editorial América in Venezuela.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
This collection is housed off-campus and must be requested a minimum of seven calendar days in advance for consultation in the Cuban Heritage Collection Reading Room.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please, contact chc@miami.edu for more information.
Preferred citation: Armando Couto Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
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Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Rosa Couto, 1996.
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Other Information:
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Archivist's note
Collection-level record added by Amanda Moreno, February 2013. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.