The Arthur H. Clark Company (founded 1902) is a major printer of publications related to the history of the Western United States. The company was named for its founder Arthur Henry Clark (1868-1951). He was born and raised in England and attended the

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for a time before having to find work because of reverses in his family finances. He then began an apprenticeship with the publishing house of

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. After completing his apprenticeship he moved to

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where he took a job in Alexander C. McClurg's publishing house A. C. McClurg and Company. In 1892 Clark established his own bookstore in Chicago. He was then recruited by

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where he became manager of their rare book sales. While with Burrows Brothers Clark was the main force behind the publication of ''

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'' (first published 1632–1673). In 1902 Clark established Arthur H. Clark company as a bookselling and publishing establishment in Cleveland. The company's first publication was a 16-volume collection by

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on historical trails in the United States east of the Mississippi. The next publication was a collection of the lectures of historian

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. In 1930 the company headquarters were relocated to

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. The biggest undertaking of the company in the decade after its founders death when leadership was taken over by Arthur H. Clark, Jr. was the 14 Volume ''The Far West and the Rockies, 1820-1875'', a collection of primary documents of early Western United States history edited by Leroy R. Hafen and his wife Ann W. Hafen. In July 2006, the company was acquired by the

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and relocated to

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, where it continues as an imprint.

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* Includes a brief company history and a full bibliography to 2002. *

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