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Aguinaldo (Monchi) Sunset "Kit Carson Collection
SPC.2024.005
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Monchi Aguinaldo/Sunset "Kit" Carson Collection
source:
Aguinaldo, Monchi
source:
Aguinaldo, James C.
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2024.005
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
.84 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): August 1943-June 1960; circa 1950s-1960s; 1984; undated
Language of Material:
English
, Tagalog
, Chinese
.
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The Monchi Aguinaldo/Sunset "Kit" Carson Collection (August 1943-June 1960; circa 1950s-1960s; 1984; undated) contains one
box and .84 linear feet of photographs, event flyers, headshots, letters, articles, tv listings, and other material presumably
belonging to Monchi Aguinaldo, a former movie producer from the Philippines. A majority of the material in this collection
relates to Sunset "Kit" Carson's- a former American Western movie star, appearances and tour in Asia in 1959 including stops
in Okinawa Japan, and the Philippines. Also included in this collection are materials related to the Aguinaldo family including
letters from J.C. Aguinaldo, George Brown, and Sally Revilla to Monchi Aguinaldo; and articles and photographs of Monchi
and presumably friends and family of the Aguinaldo family. Lastly, this collection contains newspaper articles and clippings
regarding social events and society in the Philippines; movie and theater news, listings, and showtimes; a screenplay entitled
"A Suitcase for Every Year"; and a Chinese language movie poster for a Western movie.
Monserrat "Monchi" Revilla Aguinaldo was born December 1915 in San Jose Antique Philippines. She became a United States citizen
in March 1958. She was married to Tristam Brown until he passed away in March 1947. They had one son, George Anthony Brown
born January 25, 1944. In January 1949, Monchi married James C. Aguinaldo, a naval architect. Monchi was a movie producer
in the Philippines and produced Sunset "Kit" Carson's show when he appeared at the Kadena Officers Club in Okinawa Japan in
August 1959. Sunset Carson (November 12, 1920-May 1, 1990), born Winifried Maurice Harrison, or Michael Harrison was an American
Western movie actor in the 1940s.
Sources: Ancestry.com; Wikipedia.com; Monchi Aguinaldo/Sunset "Kit" Carson Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors
Western films
Okinawa-shi (Japan)
Philippines
Carson, Sunset
Aguinaldo, Monchi
Aguinaldo, James C.