Tygart Dam Manuscript Research

Containers:
Box 243
Scope and content:

Kemp wrote the book, Building Tygart Dam: A New Deal Public Works Project for the Pittsburgh District of the USACE, although the USACE did not publish the book. This box contains Kemp's research materials and some planning for the project, including book outlines, project progress reports, budget lists, handwritten notes, and inspection reports. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: memorandums, correspondence, engineering drawings, reports and a map. Subjects include the Tygart Dam, dams in general, arch dam designs, the City of Grafton, the Pittsburgh District for the USACE, soil erosion, flood damage and control, reservoirs, United States waterways, and hydraulic structures. Highlights include an NRHP Tygart River Reservoir Dam nomination form. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 12, Folder 8: five graphs (1934), two engineering drawings (1946), and one facsimile book excerpt (1935).

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
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 at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

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.