Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

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.

Footage opens with a man sitting at a computer and typing; various pieces of equipment are behind him in an office; shots taken from inside an elevator at the airport; panoramic views of the Strip and zoom shots of Hilton International and Sunrise Mountain (taken from the airport); b-roll footage of Chuck Dykes (?), President and general manager of Videoview, who explains how his company has installed video displays inside the new terminal at McCarran. Multiple takes of the same shot. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.