Concrete Structures, 1905/2001
- Containers:
- Box 226
- Scope and content:
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Kemp maintained research materials about concrete and collaborated on a number of reports about concrete slabs, including the report "Historic Flat Slab Floor System" which he wrote with Fe Hoong Sim. The box includes Kemp's research materials, including correspondence, reports, handwritten notes, newsletters, photographic prints, bibliographies, and scholarly journal articles. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, maps, memorandums, photographic prints, and scholarly journal articles. Subjects include concrete slabs, slab-spandrel torsion, concrete bridges, concrete arch bridges, and preservation of bridges. Highlights include Kemp's HABS field notebook on the Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch Bridge. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 12, Folder 2: one brochure (undated), three engineering drawings (undated), four sheets of facsimile photographs (undated), and three sheets of clippings (1905-1908).
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 60691549 University AvenueMorgantown, WV 26506
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Lori HostuttlerEmail: lori.hostuttler@mail.wvu.eduPhone: (304) 293-3536Web: wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
- Parent restrictions:
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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.