Covered Bridge Inventory, 1886/1990, bulk 1974/1976

Containers:

Box 128

Scope and content:

Kemp conducted an inventory of covered bridges across West Virginia and organized the folders in this box by bridge. Robert Seese, Kemp's student, assisted in the survey. Box includes photographs, clippings, maps, engineering drawings, reports and lists of measurements. Subjects include covered bridges of West Virginia, including covered bridges in the counties of Pocahontas, Barbour, Greenbrier, Harrison, Jackson, Lewis, Marion and Monroe. Highlights include NRHP nomination forms for a majority of the bridges and Virginia Antiquities Commission Historic Properties Inventory reports for a majority of the bridges. The following oversized items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 4, Folder 10: three sheets of newspaper (1975-1979), three maps (1958 and undated), seven engineering drawings (1974 and undated), 1 magazine clipping (1978). The following two folders were empty and removed: "Philippi Covered Bridge—Barbour County" and "Barrackville Covered Bridge—Marion County."

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