Natural Resources Conservation Service Hughes River Project, 1904/1999

Containers:
Box 263
Scope and content:

Kemp's consulting business, Past and Present, was contracted by the NRCS (formerly the SCS) to prepare HABS/HAER-like records of historic structures that would potentially be impacted by the construction of a multipurpose dam on the North Fork Hughes River in Ritchie County, West Virginia. This box includes research materials he used in preparing the records, including photographic prints, handwritten notes, correspondence, and reports. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, articles, reports, clippings, maps, and bibliographies. Subjects include natural gas; carbon black; oil; mineral resources; the Hughes River; Pleasants County, West Virginia; Wood County, West Virginia; Ritchie County, West Virginia; the railroad in Ritchie County and general West Virginia geography and soil composition. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: five maps (1918 and 1994).

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.