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Kemp applied for an NEH grant to fund his publication, "A History of Suspension Bridge, 1801-1870." The box includes drafts of his grant application, grant application guidelines, clippings, engineering drawings, event programs, newsletters, facsimile book excerpts and lists of rivers, correspondence, comments from grant application reviewers, bibliographies, curriculum vitae and budgets. Subjects include suspension bridges in the Americas and Europe and iron beams. Highlights include a NRHP nomination for the Rehoboth Avenue Bridge.

Kemp was a consulting engineer and industrial archaeologist for the restoration of the tide lock and basin to help with a revitalization project for Alexandria, Virginia. The box includes the Preliminary Archaeological Survey Report, field notes, pamphlets, photos, correspondence, clippings, and a consulting agreement. Additionally, it includes pamphlets on the history of the City of Alexandria. The box includes facsimile correspondence with the United States Department of Commerce regarding the Geodetic Survey maps and charts, facsimile newspapers, reports and reference lists regarding those facsimiles. Finally, the box includes original slides that show engineering drawings of the canal. The following oversize materials were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 4, Folder 8: 18 sheets of facsimile and original newspapers (1831-1845, 1976-1985, and undated), 10 maps (1838, 1877-1884, 1949-1973 and undated), 1 illustration (undated).

Kemp researched industrial archaeology. This box contains research materials, including pamphlets, clippings, magazine excerpts, newsletters, a typescript, an encyclopedia excerpt, student papers, facsimile articles. Subjects include trains, railways, infrastructure, steam engines, coal mining, New River Gorge development, American domestic gas lighting systems, logging in South Cheat, West Virginia, Minnesota logging, etc. Highlights include a facsimile report of the HAER No. MI-67 for the St. Clair Tunnel.

Kemp collected these materials to use as reference when writing about bridges. Includes numerous facsimile book excerpts and facsimile journal articles, as well as original reports, bound copies of the United States Congressional Series Set, newsletters and correspondence. Subjects include rooves, iron structures, developments in civil engineering according to the American Society for Civil Engineering, bridges in the Upper United States South, and bridges over the Ohio River.

Kemp was the preservation engineer for the West Virginia Division of Highway's project to restore the Barrackville Covered Bridge in Barrackville, West Virginia. Paul D. Marshall & Associates, Inc. collaborated on the restoration of the 1853 Burr covered bridge. Includes reports, facsimile report drafts, handwritten notes, engineering drawings, facsimile and original correspondence, event programs, photographs, meeting transcripts, bridge measurement lists, clippings and facsimile book excerpts. Subjects include the restoration of the bridge and its history (including the designers Lemuel and Eli Chenoweth), Buffalo Creek (which the bridge spans), the efficacy of bridge building materials and Burr Truss covered bridges. Highlights include a NRHP nomination form for the Barrackville Covered Bridge. The following oversized materials were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 5, Folder 9: one engineering drawing (undated), two sheets of facsimile cost lists (1887), seven sheets of clippings (1972-1994 and undated), two sheets of facsimile court notes (undated).

Kemp was the preservation engineer for the West Virginia Division of Highways' project to restore the Barrackville Covered Bridge in Barrackville, West Virginia. Paul D. Marshall & Associates, Inc. collaborated on the restoration of the 1853 Burr covered bridge. Includes papers, reports, engineering drawings, correspondence, contracts, maps, lists of construction crews, etc. Subjects include covered bridges of West Virginia, the agreement regarding restoration, restoration of covered bridges in general, arch truss bridges, bridge designers Lemuel and Eli Chenoweth, Buffalo Creek (which the Barrackville Covered Bridge spans), and William and Dolly Ice, who owned a mill near the bridge. Highlights include the final report about the Barrackville Covered Bridge. The following oversized materials were moved to Box 342: one facsimile map (undated), one facsimile engineering drawing (undated), and seven sheets of facsimile contracts (1853).

As director of the IHTIA, Kemp oversaw research by master's degree students Pradeep Kumar and Arvind Patel concerning Bollman suspension truss-frame bridges. The box includes their research, including computer-generated data of measurements, photographic prints, postcards, reports, correspondence, transcribed correspondence, scholarly articles, and presentation slides. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, engineering drawings, maps, advertisements, and reports. Subjects include Wendel Bollman; Bollman suspension truss bridges; iron truss suspension bridges; constructing bridges; patenting Bollman's suspension truss bridges; the B&O Railroad Potomac River Crossing in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; and the Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge in Savage, Maryland. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: 11 sheets of facsimiles clippings (1852 and 1995), 31 sheets of facsimile engineering drawings (1852 and undated).

As director of IHTIA, Kemp collaborated on research about Bollman truss, space truss and Fink truss bridges. The box includes these research materials, including computer-generated data, engineering drawings, reports, correspondence, graphs, book excerpts, handwritten notes, post cards and an invitation. The box also includes facsimile book excerpts and facsimile engineering drawings. Subjects include Wendel Bollman; Bollman truss bridges; the B&O Railroad Potomac River Crossing in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; the Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge in Savage, Maryland; King's Bridge in Middlecreek Township, Pennsylvania; Fink truss bridges; space truss bridges; patenting bridge designs; compression in bridge parts; bridge loads; and arches. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: 20 sheets computer print-outs (1985) and 1 facsimile engineering drawing (undated).

The USACE, New Orleans District appointed Kemp as the industrial archaeologist on the project to preserve the Bonnet Carré Spillway in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Kemp evaluated whether the spillway should be nominated for the NRHP, and Kemp later published his research as the monograph, "Stemming the Tide: Design and Operation of the Bonnet Carré Spillway and Floodway" as part of the Essays in Public Works History series. The box includes handwritten notes, photographic prints, correspondence, travel ephemera, reports, newsletters, and brochures. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: budget lists, correspondence, engineering drawings, photographic prints, photograph logs, book excerpts, catalog records, contract agreements, bound copies of the United States Congressional Series Set, reports, and expense reports. Subjects include bridges; the construction of the Bonnet Carré Spillway; USACE, New Orleans District; the Illinois Central Railroad; flood control mechanisms in New Orleans; levees; hydraulic systems; mitigation of historic structures; and standards for the NRHP. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 14, Folder 2: six engineering drawings (1929, 1986, and undated), and one brochure (1970).