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New York and Las Vegas Investment Company, 1929
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Fayle Family Papers
Box/Folder: Box 15
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Isabella Jessie Curtis by Andrew B. Levy, February 15, 1979
Date
Archival Collection
Description
On February 15, 1979, Andrew Levy interviewed Isabella Jessie Curtis (born 1922 in Monroe, Wisconsin) about her experiences in Southern Nevada. Curtis first talks about her career in waitressing at several restaurants and casinos in Las Vegas before describing some of the early businesses in the Downtown Las Vegas area. The interview then moves to discussions on Curtis’s involvement in politics, her early recreational activities, and the atomic testing. The two later discuss the first telephones in Las Vegas, the Helldorado celebration, and her work at the Tropicana Las Vegas. The interview concludes with Curtis’s description on living in Sandy Valley, Nevada, and some of her first memories of the Union Pacific train depot in Las Vegas.
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"Year Round VacationLand" number 15, undated
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Box 019
Archival Component
New Year's day menu at the Windsor Hotel, 1884
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Text
Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 15, 2002
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Text
Bob Ruud in the backyard of his new home, 1968
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
Archival Component
New Year's Eve 1962 celebration: photographs of guests
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Series XIX. New Year's Eve Celebrations
Sands Hotel and Casino
Mixed Content