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Kemp collected images of suspension bridges. This box includes originals and facsimiles of the following: drawings, photographs, engineering drawings, and correspondence. Subjects include bridges, suspension bridges, Charles Ellet Jr., John Roebling, James Finley, iron bridges, European suspension bridges, and suspension bridges in the United States (especially the Niagara Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge, and bridges in Washington, DC and Pennsylvania).

Kemp collected images of suspension bridges. The box includes photographic facsimiles of materials preserved in books or at other institutions. Includes photographs, engineering drawings, drawings, and maps. Subjects include suspension bridges in Asia and Europe, especially those in Germany, France and Great Britain.

The box contains Kemp's research on suspension bridges. It includes original photographs, handwritten notes, and drawings. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, articles, and engineering drawings. Subjects include suspension bridges in the United States (especially Pennsylvania), Europe (especially Germany), restoring bridges, and James Dredge. The folders, "Dredge, J-1843 His patent iron bridges, "Dredge in Ulster: Suspension Bridges [N. Irelan]," and "Carrick-A-Rede Bridge" were empty and removed. The following oversize items were moved to Box 342: three engineering drawings (undated).

The USACE appointed Kemp to document locks and dams along the Kanawha River and nominate them for the NRHP. Kemp's research culminated in the book, The Great Kanawha Navigation. This box contains materials from his research, including facsimile correspondence, articles, illustrations, drawings, maps, clippings, statistical and expense reports, magazines, photos, negatives, and newsletters. Subjects include the Ohio, James, and Kanawha Rivers; rolling gates; general West Virginia history; the unionization of the Kanawha field; and Kanawha River traffic. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 1, Folder 9: three facsimile engineering drawings Gallipolis Locks and Dam and Kanawha River Lock (1932 and undated), six facsimile charts (1931-1935), fourteen Army Corps of Engineers Pamphlets on regional water bodies (1994-1998), one facsimile newspaper: Charleston Gazette - New Dams (1934), and ten pages of facsimile Hardesty's encyclopedia entries (1889).

The USACE appointed Kemp to document locks and dams along the Kanawha River and nominate them for the NRHP. Kemp's research culminated in the book, The Great Kanawha Navigation. This box contains materials from his research, including facsimile specification reports, appeals, and correspondence, especially between William P. Craighill and Addison Scott, journal articles, and more. Subjects include the central water line of Virginia, improvements and dams of the Ohio River, Kanawha locks and dams, Kanawha River discharge data, iron gates at Lock No. 5, and Portland cement, etc. Finally, includes an 1877 proposal by William P. Craighill titled Kanawha River Improvement: Proposals for the Iron Work of a Movable Dam on the Great Kanawha River. Includes facsimile specification reports, appeals, correspondence, especially between William P. Craighill and Addison Scott, journal articles, and more. Subjects include the central water line of Virginia, improvements and dams of the Ohio River, Kanawha locks and dams, Kanawha River discharge data, iron gates at Lock No. 5, and Portland cement, etc. Finally, includes an 1877 proposal by William P. Craighill titled Kanawha River Improvement: Proposals for the Iron Work of a Movable Dam on the Great Kanawha River.

The USACE appointed Kemp to document locks and dams along the Kanawha River and nominate them for the NRHP. Kemp's research culminated in the book, The Great Kanawha Navigation. This box contains materials from his research, including correspondence, facsimile articles, book chapters, and meeting minutes. Subjects include French canals and technology, Indian (Native American) weirs, William Craighill, Josiah White and his bear trap locks, movable dams, The Great Kanawha Navigation etc. Highlights include French postcards. The following items have been moved to Box 342: three facsimile engineering drawings (1879-1886, 1955), and one facsimile map (1896-1897).

Kemp presented the lecture, "Thomas Paine and His Pontifical Matters," to the Newcomen Society in 1977. Includes clippings and magazine clippings, lecture drafts, correspondence, reference lists, student papers, lecture announcement, handwritten notes, photographs and illustrations. Subjects include Thomas Paine, his role in bridge construction, the Sunderland Bridge, cast iron bridges and the Newcomen Society. Highlights include drafts of Kemp's lecture, as well as a draft manuscript, "Thomas Paine and His Bridge of Common Sense," by Eric DeLony. The following oversized materials were moved to Box 342: two sheets of clippings (1982), twelve sheets of journal articles (1812), one sheet of magazine clippings (1965), one engineering drawing (undated), one book excerpt (1955-1967).

Kemp worked with Barb Howe to establish a directory of sites pertinent to the glass industry in West Virginia as part of a book project documenting industrial archaeology in West Virginia. He also consulted on Howe's early drafts of a manuscript, "The Glass Industry in West Virginia." According to an original box description, the materials were used in research preparation for a video by the NPS on Seneca Glass Company (potentially this Seneca Glass Company documentary), although only a few facsimile materials in the box pertain to the Seneca Glass Company. The box includes reports, engineering drawings, typed notes, photographic prints, correspondence, handwritten notes, student papers, and drafts of the directory. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, scholarly journal articles and essay drafts. Subjects include glass production in West Virginia, the directory of sites of glass industry, glass factories, and historic bridges. Highlights include a HAER nomination form for the Seneca Glass Company Factory building. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: three clippings (1948-1970).

Kemp served as a consultant on the restoration of the Wheeling Custom House, an Italianate building known for its innovative rolled wrought iron beams, floor arches and cast iron columns. The Wheeling Custom House (also known as West Virginia Independence Hall) was the site of the state's constitutional conventions in 1863. Box includes a pamphlet, correspondence, drawings, engineering drawings, notes, structural analysis, reports, project expenditures, facsimile articles and correspondence, facsimile appropriations and reports, etc. Subjects include the Reading Hall Station Bridge, the restoration of the Wheeling Custom House, fireproof factories, structural iron, etc. Correspondents include Wayne Elban, Tracy Stephens, et al. The following item was moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 4, Folder 1: three drawings (circa 1850 and undated), one clipping (1981), and three engineering drawings (1980 and undated).