| Overview
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| Title: |
Maria
Mendoza Kranz Collection |
| Collection
No: |
CHC0374 |
| Extent: |
0.50
linear ft. (1 box) |
| Repository: |
Cuban
Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries |
| Location: |
39E4 |
| Abstract: |
The
Maria Mendoza Kranz Collection
contains family photographs and clippings as well as
clippings about Mendoza Kranz's work at an aircraft
factory in Miami during World War II.
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| Administrative
Information |
| Acquisition
Information: |
Gift
of Maria Mendoza Kranz, 1990 |
| Processed
by: |
Esperanza
de Varona and Myriam de la Rocha, November
1993. Updated by María R. Estorino, September 2003. |
| Encoded
by: |
Giselle
Fernandez, October 2003 |
| Access
Restrictions: |
This
collection is unrestricted. |
| Preferred
Citation: |
Maria
Mendoza Kranz Collection,
Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida |
| Copyright
Statement: |
©
2003University of Miami. All rights reserved. Permission to publish materials
must be obtained in writing from the Director of the
Cuban Heritage Collection. |
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| Biographical
Note |
Maria Mendoza Kranz, was
born in Key West, Florida.
She is a member of a third generation of the Mendoza
family that emigrated from Cuba
to Key West
in the early 1870s to escape the Spanish rule. Her grandfather,
José González de Mendoza,
was one of the founders of the school at the Club San
Carlos in Key West.
Mendoza
Kranz's father, Enrique González de Mendoza, who was
born in Key West, is said to have introduced the Cuban
rumba to Miami
in the 1930s. He also organized the "El Dulce" rumba band that played at the Roney
Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach.
Mendoza
Kranz was the first Spanish-speaking
salesperson employed by S.H. Kress & Co. in downtown
Miami and
also among the first women to work at a Miami
aircraft factory during World War II. Since 1979, she
has taught line dancing to Hispanic senior citizens. |
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| Scope
and Content Note |
The
Maria Mendoza Kranz Collection
contains family photographs and clippings as well as
clippings about Mendoza Kranz's work at an aircraft
factory in Miami during World War II.
The collection also contains a program with her involvement
in the celebration of the International Women's History
presented by the Community
Action Center
in Hialeah, Florida. |
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| Container
List |
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Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
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1 |
1 |
Clippings: González de Mendoza, José |
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2 |
González
de Mendoza, Enrique |
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3 |
Club
San Carlos: Board of Directors |
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4 |
Photographs |
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5 |
International
Women's History Program |
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