Elementos de identidade
Nome e localização da entidade custodiadora
Nível de descrição
Coleção
Título
Martha Flores papers
Data(s)
- 1960s-2000s (Produção)
Dimensão
4 boxes (4 linear feet)
Nome do produtor
História biográfica
Martha Flores was a Cuban radio host, journalist, singer, and actress. Born in Cárdenas, Matanzas, in 1928, her family moved to Havana when she was a child. She studied journalism at the Manuel Márquez Sterling School and later graduated as a stenographer and typist from the Professional School of Commerce in Havana. She left Cuba in January 1959 and began to work multiple jobs in Miami, which included producing a radio segment called La Voz de la Mujer on WMIE. According to Flores, hers was the first radio program in Miami to speak out against Castro's revolution.
A leading figure in Miami's Cuban diaspora radio market, she was known to her listeners as the "Queen of the Night." She worked at La Fabulosa WFAB in the late 1960s and then moved to Union Radio WOCN in 1976. In 1982, she developed the program La Noche y Usted at WRHC-Cadena Azul, eventually moving to WQBA in 1992 and WAQI Radio Mambí in 1996. The three hour program covered Cuban issues and local politics.
She was a spokesperson for various causes, including the elderly, cancer awareness, and animal protection programs. She was also involved in the work of Brigada 2506.
Elementos de conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
The collection contains photographs, audiovisual materials, and documents related to the professional career of Martha Flores, a Cuban radio host, journalist, and singer active in Miami from the 1960s to 2020.
Sistema de arranjo
Condições de acesso e uso dos elementos
Condições de acesso
The collection is open for research.
Acesso físico
Acesso técnico
Condiçoes de reprodução
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: Martha Flores papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Idiomas do material
- espanhol
Escrita do material
Notas ao idioma e script
Instrumentos de descrição
Elementos de aquisição e avaliação
História custodial
Fonte imediata de aquisição
Gift of José A. Acosta, 2021.
Informações de avaliação, seleção e eliminação
Ingressos adicionais
Elementos de materiais relacionados
Existência e localização de originais
Existência e localização de cópias
Material arquivístico relacionado
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Elemento de controle de descrição
Regras ou convenções
Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Fontes utilizadas
Nota do arquivista
Collection-level record created by Amanda Moreno, August 2021.