Muskingum, 1887/2001

Containers:
Box 84
Scope and content:

Kemp wrote the book, Taming the Muskingum about navigation on the Muskingum River in Ohio. This box contains his research materials, including a book, photo negatives and prints, an annual report, pamphlets, a fact sheet, newsletters, a magazine, and notes. Also includes facsimile clippings, diagrams, contracts, reports, purchases, expenditures, and correspondence. Subjects include the history of the Muskingum Watershed, the operations of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD), locks and dams, engineering on the Muskingum River, Ohio geology, the Miami Conservancy District, Muskingum soil mechanics, etc. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 7: nine pamphlets on Piedmont, Leesville, Clendening, Atwood, Charles Mill, Seneca, and Pleasant Hill lakes (1999-2001), Tappan Moravian Trail pamphlet (undated); one property survey conveyed to Francis and Morris Buxton (1978), one facsimile report: Ohio Valley Flood Control Plan (1941).

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Parent restrictions:

All or part of this collection is stored offsite. Please make an appointment prior to visiting.

Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia Regional History Center reference department.

Parent terms of access:
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.