250:
25:
245:
219:
folders, magazines, post cards, brochures, flyers, etc. Although MPC does occasionally still finance historical books or reprints, it is now predominantly a private book publisher. It does not take profits from any of its author's book sales as “vanity presses” do. MPC products may be found on offer throughout the United States.
171:, as its first venture in book publishing. When McClain retired in the early 1970s, his son-in-law and daughter, George and Mariwyn Smith, moved to Parsons. George took over the printing company and Mariwyn the newspaper. When George Smith retired in 1997, son Kenneth E. Smith became the third generation to operate the company.
218:
Commercial printing was added as a service several years ago. Today, the MPC pursues offset printing, a book binding service, a typesetting service, and magazine and book publishing and printing. Much of their printing services consist of commercial printing such as pamphlets, catalogs, pocket
174:
In its first 35 years of existence, the MPC produced comprehensive county histories of over 35 West
Virginia counties, as well as thousands of other titles. These included the works of West Virginia poet laureate
306:
163:
professors who feared that early local West
Virginia histories would be lost if they were not reprinted. In 1958, the newspaper undertook the reprinting of
321:
287:
196:
184:
316:
331:
208:
204:
326:
97:
69:
46:
76:
311:
280:
83:
116:
65:
54:
273:
50:
90:
160:
35:
261:
164:
39:
138:
8:
143:
180:
257:
176:
300:
188:
134:
159:
which had been founded in 1896. Mr. McClain was approached around 1957 by
212:
24:
249:
233:
244:
256:
This article about a United States publishing company is a
137:
history and lore. The company was incorporated in 1958 in
155:
In 1943, Ken and Faith
Reynolds McClain had bought the
133:(MPC) is a printing company specializing in books of
141:as an outgrowth of the local weekly newspaper, the
298:
307:Book publishing companies of the United States
281:
203:, and reprints of classic local histories by
53:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
288:
274:
117:Learn how and when to remove this message
322:Publishing companies established in 1958
317:Printing companies of the United States
332:United States publishing company stubs
299:
327:1958 establishments in West Virginia
239:
51:adding citations to reliable sources
18:
13:
14:
343:
227:
248:
243:
23:
187:, bestselling volumes such as
1:
222:
312:Tucker County, West Virginia
260:. You can help Knowledge by
169:Chronicles of Border Warfare
7:
10:
348:
238:
193:Bloodletting in Appalachia
150:
66:"McClain Printing Company"
161:West Virginia University
131:McClain Printing Company
201:Tumult on the Mountains
165:Alexander Scott Withers
179:, folklorists such as
139:Parsons, West Virginia
47:improve this article
167:’ classic history,
269:
268:
127:
126:
119:
101:
339:
290:
283:
276:
252:
247:
240:
234:Official website
157:Parsons Advocate
144:Parsons Advocate
122:
115:
111:
108:
102:
100:
59:
27:
19:
16:American Company
347:
346:
342:
341:
340:
338:
337:
336:
297:
296:
295:
294:
230:
225:
197:Roy B. Clarkson
185:James Gay Jones
181:Ruth Ann Musick
153:
123:
112:
106:
103:
60:
58:
44:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
345:
335:
334:
329:
324:
319:
314:
309:
293:
292:
285:
278:
270:
267:
266:
253:
237:
236:
229:
228:External links
226:
224:
221:
215:, and others.
177:Louise McNeill
152:
149:
125:
124:
31:
29:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
344:
333:
330:
328:
325:
323:
320:
318:
315:
313:
310:
308:
305:
304:
302:
291:
286:
284:
279:
277:
272:
271:
265:
263:
259:
254:
251:
246:
242:
241:
235:
232:
231:
220:
216:
214:
210:
206:
202:
198:
194:
190:
189:Howard B. Lee
186:
182:
178:
172:
170:
166:
162:
158:
148:
146:
145:
140:
136:
135:West Virginia
132:
121:
118:
110:
99:
96:
92:
89:
85:
82:
78:
75:
71:
68: –
67:
63:
62:Find sources:
56:
52:
48:
42:
41:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
262:expanding it
255:
217:
209:Wills DeHass
205:W.C. Dodrill
200:
192:
173:
168:
156:
154:
142:
130:
128:
113:
104:
94:
87:
80:
73:
61:
45:Please help
33:
301:Categories
223:References
213:Hu Maxwell
77:newspapers
34:does not
107:May 2024
151:History
91:scholar
55:removed
40:sources
93:
86:
79:
72:
64:
98:JSTOR
84:books
258:stub
195:and
183:and
129:The
70:news
38:any
36:cite
199:’s
191:’s
49:by
303::
211:,
207:,
147:.
289:e
282:t
275:v
264:.
120:)
114:(
109:)
105:(
95:·
88:·
81:·
74:·
57:.
43:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
