Name/Title
Victor Mullenix CollectionEntry/Object ID
MS.152Scope and Content
Victor Mullenix Collection
MS 152
Victor Mullenix, born in Florence, Colorado on December 17, 1898, came to Nevada around 1924, and on May 16, 1931 went to work at the Las Vegas post office as the night dispatching clerk. At work in his office during long, hot nights, Mullenix was fascinated by the strange names of the post offices he read on the letters he handled. Around 1933 he started a correspondence project where he wrote to the post masters of these odd stations asking how they acquired such unusual names. He received hundreds of replies, in many cases first-hand accounts from local pioneers or post masters who had been there when their stations were named as far back as the late 19th century. Mullenix planned to publish these replies in a series of newspaper feature columns.
Victor wasn't a healthy man and often missed work from illness. In July 1937 he checked himself into the Las Vegas Hospital with pneumonia. At first, he refused treatment, but when he realized he was critical he gave in to his doctor. It was too late, however; on Saturday night, July 17, Mullenix called in his nurse and doctor and announced he was going to die. He wrote a will, paid his hospital bill through Sunday, made arrangement for the disposition of his effects, then sent everyone away. He died early on Sunday, July 18, 1937. His body was sent back to Florence for his family to bury.
How this amazing collection survived is lost in time. The material was donated to the Boulder City Museum and Historical Association by Hans Ring, whose companion, Hal Erickson--a prominent stamp collector and founder of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Special Collections Department--acquired it sometime in the 1960s-70s. It sat forgotten in the men's garage until Mr. Ring retrieved it and donated it to the museum. The collection includes correspondence files and postal histories, as well as news clippings on a variety of subjects such as cattle branding, Hoover Dam worker nomenclature, cowboy songs, Death Valley Scotty, and commercial merchandising.
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MS 152
Victor Mullenix Collection
inventory
[7 boxes]
Box 1 of 7
ff no.
1. Victor Mullenix biographical information
2. postal histories: AK: Juneau
3. postal histories: AK: Kake
4. postal histories: AK: Livengood
5. postal histories: AK: Mile Seven
6. postal histories: AK: Poorman
7. postal histories: AL: Choccolocco
8. postal histories: AL: Healing Springs
9. postal histories: AL: Jack Wade
10. postal histories: AL: Jeff
11. postal histories: AL: Oaky Streak
12. postal histories: AL: Vinegar Bend
13. postal histories: AR: Democrat
14. postal histories: AR: Elevenpoint
15. postal histories: AR: Figure Five
16. postal histories: AR: Hon
17. postal histories: AR: Fiftysix
18. postal histories: AR: Forty Four
19. postal histories: AR: Ink
20. postal histories: AR: Self
21. postal histories: AR: Stamps
22. postal histories: AR: Steprock
23. postal histories: AR: Sweet Home
24. postal histories: AR: correspondence
25. postal histories: AZ: Bumble Bee
26. postal histories: AZ: Chin Lee
27. postal histories: AZ: Christmas
28. postal histories: AZ: Crown King
29. postal histories: AZ: Inspiration
30. postal histories: AZ: Octave
31. postal histories: AZ: Show Low
32. postal histories: AZ: Skull Valley
33. postal histories: AZ: Tombstone
34. postal histories: AZ: Tortilla Flat
35. postal histories: CA: Brisbane
36. postal histories: CA: Crows Landing
37. postal histories: CA: Hearst
38. postal histories: CA: Long Barn
39. postal histories: CA: Lost Hills
40. postal histories: CA: Ono
41. postal histories: CA: Point Peter
42. postal histories: CA: Ripley
43. postal histories: CA: Rough and Ready
44. postal histories: CA: Tarzana
45. postal histories: CA: Wild
46. postal histories: CA: Wonderland
47. postal histories: CA: Yankee Jims
48. postal histories: CA: correspondence
49. postal histories: CO: Crestone
50. postal histories: CO: Joes
51. postal histories: CO: Officer
52. postal histories: CO: Powderhorn and Gunnison
53. postal histories: CO: Troublesome
54. postal histories: CO: Wagon Wheel
55. postal histories: CO: correspondence
56. postal histories: CT: correspondence
57. postal histories: DE: correspondence
58. postal histories: FL: Christmas
59. postal histories: FL: Doctor Phillips
60. postal histories: FL: Kissimmee
61. postal histories: FL: correspondence
62. postal histories: GA: Ohapee
63. postal histories: GA: Swords
64. postal histories: GA: Talking Rock
65. postal histories: GA: correspondence
66. postal histories: HI: correspondence
Box 2 of 7
1. postal histories: IA: Correctionville
2. postal histories: IA: Jolley
3. postal histories: IA: Morning Sun
4. postal histories: IA: Lost Nation
5. postal histories: IA: Spirit Water
6. postal histories: IA: What Cheer
7. postal histories: IA: correspondence
8. postal histories: ID: Ketchum
9. postal histories: ID: correspondence
10. postal histories: IL: Blue Mound
11. postal histories: IL: Golf
12. postal histories: IL: Oblong
13. postal histories: IL: Ripley
14. postal histories: IL: correspondence
15. postal histories: IN: Floyds Knobs
16. postal histories: IN: Santa Claus
17. postal histories: IN: Young America
18. postal histories: IN: correspondence
19. postal histories: KS: Big Bow
20. postal histories: KS: Blue Mound
21. postal histories: KS: Coldwater
22. postal histories: KS: correspondence
23. postal histories: KY: Barefoot
24. postal histories: KY: Biscuit
25. postal histories: KY: Bug
26. postal histories: KY: Democrat
27. postal histories: KY: Dice
28. postal histories: KY: Ed
29. postal histories: KY: Eighty Eight
30. postal histories: KY: Eve
31. postal histories: KY: Gee
32. postal histories: KY: Grab
33. postal histories: KY: Jamboree
34. postal histories: KY: Jayem
35. postal histories: KY: Keno
36. postal histories: KY: Kite
37. postal histories: KY: Lexington
38. postal histories: KY: OK
39. postal histories: KY: Ordinary
40. postal histories: KY: Pewee Valley
41. postal histories: KY: Sacredwind
42. postal histories: KY: Salt Gum
43. postal histories: KY: Seventy Six
44. postal histories: KY: Sip
45. postal histories: KY: Soft Shell
46. postal histories: KY: Stepstone
47. postal histories: KY: Thousandsticks
48. postal histories: KY: Uz
49. postal histories: KY: Waddy
50. postal histories: KY: White Rose
51. postal histories: KY: Zag
52. postal histories: KY: correspondence
53. postal histories: LA: Happy Jack
54. postal histories: LA: Jigger
55. postal histories: LA: Marcel
56. postal histories: MA: Humarock
57. postal histories: MA: Smith’s
58. postal histories: MA: correspondence
59. postal histories: MD: Cabin John
60. postal histories: MD: Detour
61. postal histories: MD: RockaWalking
62. postal histories: MD: correspondence
63. postal histories: ME: Flagstaff
64. postal histories: ME: North East Carry
65. postal histories: ME: Passadumkeag
66. postal histories: ME: Sabbathday Lake
67. postal histories: ME: South Port
68. postal histories: ME: Technology
69. postal histories: ME: correspondence
70. postal histories: MI: Bad Axe
71. postal histories: MI: Coldwater
72. postal histories: MI: Les Cheneaux Club
73. postal histories: MI: Payment
74. postal histories: MI: White Pigeon
75. postal histories: MI: correspondence
Box 3 of 7
1. postal histories: MN: Embarrass
2. postal histories: MN: Prosper
3. postal histories: MN: Three River Falls
4. postal histories: MN: Young America
5. postal histories: MN: correspondence
6. postal histories: MO: Devils Elbow
7. postal histories: MO: Enough
8. postal histories: MO: Ink
9. postal histories: MO: Map
10. postal histories: MO: Pea Ridge
11. postal histories: MO: Rocket
12. postal histories: MO: Seventysix
13. postal histories: MO: Tavern
14. postal histories: MO: Zebra
15. postal histories: MO: correspondence
16. postal histories: MS: Hushpuckens
17. postal histories: MS: Pass Christian
18. postal histories: MS: Ripley
19. postal histories: MS: Soso
20. postal histories: MS: Splinter
21. postal histories: MS: correspondence
22. postal histories: MT: Coffee Creek
23. postal histories: MT: Family
24. postal histories: MT: Giltedge
25. postal histories: MT: Miles City
26. postal histories: MT: Quietus
27. postal histories: MT: Radio
28. postal histories: MT: Rocky Boy
29. postal histories: MT: Silverstar
30. postal histories: MT: Sixteen [aka XVI]
31. postal histories: MT: Soo
32. postal histories: MT: Southern Cross
33. postal histories: MT: Telegraph Creek
34. postal histories: MT: Yaak
35. postal histories: MT: correspondence
36. postal histories: NC: Democrat
37. postal histories: NC: Erect
38. postal histories: NC: High Point
39. postal histories: NC: Joe
40. postal histories: NC: Maggie
41. postal histories: NC: Old Hundred
42. postal histories: NC: Pee Dee
43. postal histories: NC: Relief
44. postal histories: NC: Shoe
45. postal histories: NC: Spear
46. postal histories: NC: Spies
47. postal histories: NC: correspondence
48. postal histories: ND: Devils Lake
49. postal histories: ND: Fried
50. postal histories: ND: Prosper
51. postal histories: ND: correspondence
52. postal histories: NE: Quick
53. postal histories: NE: Wahoo
54. postal histories: NE: Weeping Water
55. postal histories: NE: correspondence
56. postal histories: NH: correspondence
57. postal histories: NJ: Colts Neck
58. postal histories: NJ: Ship Bottom
59. postal histories: NJ: correspondence
60. postal histories: NM: Highrolls
61. postal histories: NM: Mule Creek
62. postal histories: NM: Organ
63. postal histories: NM: Salt Lake
64. postal histories: NM: Shiprock
65. postal histories: NM: Wagon Mound
66. postal histories: postal histories: NM: White Signal
67. postal histories: NM: correspondence
Box 4 of 7
1. postal histories: NV: Jiggs
2. postal histories: NV: Rawhide
3. postal histories: NV: Tonopah
4. postal histories: NV: correspondence
5. postal histories: NY: Speculator
6. postal histories: NY: Swastika
7. postal histories: NY: Ripley
8. postal histories: NY: correspondence
9. postal histories: OH: Bowling Green
10. postal histories: OH: Morning Sun
11. postal histories: OH: Okey
12. postal histories: OH: Ripley
13. postal histories: OH: Rush Run
14. postal histories: OH: Seventeen
15. postal histories: OH: Station 15
16. postal histories: OH: Temperanceville
17. postal histories: OH: Toledo
18. postal histories: OH: correspondence
19. postal histories: OK: Bowlegs
20. postal histories: OK: Cloud Chief
21. postal histories: OK: Hominy
22. postal histories: OK: Ketchum
23. postal histories: OK: Lone Wolf
24. postal histories: OK: Ripley
25. postal histories: OK: Tie
26. postal histories: OK: Wheeless
27. postal histories: OK: correspondence
28. postal histories: OR: Government Camp
29. postal histories: OR: John Day
30. postal histories: OR: Lookingglass
31. postal histories: OR: Persist
32. postal histories: OR: Sipes
33. postal histories: OR: correspondence
34. postal histories: PA: Eightyfour
35. postal histories: PA: Frugality
36. postal histories: PA: Helen Furnace
37. postal histories: PA: Herndon
38. postal histories: PA: Intercourse
39. postal histories: PA: Jollytown
40. postal histories: PA: Jonas
41. postal histories: PA: King of Prussia
42. postal histories: PA: North East
43. postal histories: PA: Red Cross
44. postal histories: PA: Sally Ann Furnace
45. postal histories: PA: Tire Hill
46. postal histories: PA: Seven Stars
47. postal histories: PA: Shickshinny
48. postal histories: PA: Slippery Rock
49. postal histories: PA: Torpedo
50. postal histories: PA: Wilkinsburg
51. postal histories: PA: correspondence
52. postal histories: RI: correspondence
53. postal histories: SC: Due West
54. postal histories: SC: Little Rock
55. postal histories: SC: Okatie
56. postal histories: SC: Round O
57. postal histories: SC: correspondence
58. postal histories: SD: Faith
59. postal histories: SD: Iron Nation
60. postal histories: SD: Pierre
61. postal histories: SD: Rapid City
62. postal histories: SD: Red Owl
63. postal histories: SD: Reliance
Box 5 of 7
1. postal histories: TN: Cross Plains
2. postal histories: TN: Finger
3. postal histories: TN: Greenback
4. postal histories: TN: Jingo
5. postal histories: TN: Jonah
6. postal histories: TN: Reliance
7. postal histories: TN: Ripley
8. postal histories: TN: correspondence
9. postal histories: TX: Ace
10. postal histories: TX: Austin
11. postal histories: TX: Cross Cut
12. postal histories: TX: Cross Plains
13. postal histories: TX: Dime Box
14. postal histories: TX: Edge
15. postal histories: TX: George West
16. postal histories: TX: Gunsight
17. postal histories: TX: Jolly
18. postal histories: TX: Justiceburg
19. postal histories: TX: Lariat
20. postal histories: TX: Lovelady
21. postal histories: TX: Muleshoe
22. postal histories: TX: Old Glory
23. postal histories: TX: Rising Star
24. postal histories: TX: Tarzan
25. postal histories: TX: Telegraph
26. postal histories: TX: Telephone
27. postal histories: TX: White Face
28. postal histories: TX: correspondence
29. postal histories: UT: Dragon
30. postal histories: UT: Helper
31. postal histories: UT: correspondence
32. postal histories: VA: Cuckoo
33. postal histories: VA: Haymakertown
34. postal histories: VA: Ka
35. postal histories: VA: King and Queen
36. postal histories: VA: King William
37. postal histories: VA: Lady
38. postal histories: VA: Smoky Ordinary
39. postal histories: VA: Snowflake
40. postal histories: VA: Sunrise
41. postal histories: VA: correspondence
42. postal histories: VT: Breadloaf
43. postal histories: VT: correspondence
44. postal histories: WA: Hoh
45. postal histories: WA: Jumping Branch
46. postal histories: WA: Smoke Hole
47. postal histories: WA: Soap Lake
48. postal histories: WA: Startup
49. postal histories: WA: correspondence
50. postal histories: Washington, DC: correspondence
51. postal histories: WI: Blue Mound
52. postal histories: WI: Cross Plains
53. postal histories: WI: Jump River
54. postal histories: WI: Spooner
55. postal histories: WI: Sugar Bush
56. postal histories: WI: correspondence
57. postal histories: WV: Eight
58. postal histories: WV: Hotcool
59. postal histories: WV: Hundred
60. postal histories: WV: Joker
61. postal histories: WV: Left Hand
62. postal histories: WV: Let
63. postal histories: WV: Maggie
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