Miscellaneous Consulting Projects, 1810/1999

Containers:

Box 312

Scope and content:

Kemp and the IHTIA consulted on a number of restoration projects. This box contains materials from the Ross Hatfield House and Garage renovation in Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia (1999); the move of the Putnam-Houser House ("Maple Shade") from Belpre, Washington County, Ohio to Blennerhassett Historical Park on Blennerhassett Island in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia (1986); restoration of the McFarland-Hubbard House in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia (1999); exhibit development at the Intermodal Transportation Center in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia (undated); the Basque Ship investigation in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (1999); the development of the National Bridge Museum and Research Center in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia (1998); lighting for the Wheeling Suspension Bridge (1996-1997); the rehabilitation of the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California (1982); and a survey of the Mowersville Road Bridge in Mowersville, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (1998). The box includes notes, clippings, correspondence, newsletters, reports, edited drafts of reports, photographic slides, images of pigments, lists of contacts, programs for events, budget lists, journal articles, transparencies, bibliographies, and photographic prints. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: engineering drawings, notes, clippings, correspondence, photographic prints, book excerpts, event programs and posters, budgets, maps, and illustrations. Subjects include the preservation of woods and metals, bridge preservation and restoration, historic house preservation and restoration, and the interpretation of historical industrial spaces. Each folder contains materials from a different consulting project. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 15, Folder 2: two engineering drawings (1996-1999).

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