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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 facsimile articles, correspondence, scholarly papers, manuals, reports, fact sheets and books. Subjects include the history of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, Inland Waterways of France, irrigation, "Indian" (Native American) engineering, movable dams, the history of technology and culture, Winfield locks and dams, St. Andrews Rapid Dams, Mississippi River reservoirs, and The Great Kanawha Navigation. Highlights include a HAER report on the Mississippi River Headwaters Reservoirs. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 1, Folder 10: one map of the Inland Waterways of France (1961), one engineering drawing of Monongahela River Dam (undated), six facsimile Irrigation Conference papers, Volume III (1904).

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 researched industrial archaeology. This box contains his materials, including pamphlets on railroads, mills, highways, barns, charcoal making, firefighting, Detroit, Wheeling and Urbana. Highlights include a Buchart Horn Inc. pamphlet on Pennsylvania transportation systems.

Kemp researched the Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike for the USACE. In addition, the IHTIA surveyed the preservation needs of the historic Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike on behalf of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike Alliance. This box contains Kemp's research materials, including typed and handwritten notes, correspondence, and technical manuals. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, maps, correspondence, reports, financial statements, and clippings. Subjects include the Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike in Burnsville, Braxton County, West Virginia; the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike in Staunton, Virginia and Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia; Burnsville Reservoir in Burnsville, Braxton County, West Virginia; Bulltown Historic District, Braxton County, West Virginia; the Virginia Board of Public Works; and bridge construction. The following oversize item was moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 14, Folder 6: one map (undated).

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 researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains research materials, including facsimile pamphlets, reports, maps, clippings, student papers, scholarly journal, correspondence, etc. Subjects include glass, West Virginia immigration, Street Railway Company of Martinsburg, "Monongalia Story" by Earl Core, etc. Highlights include a draft of a HAER report about the Meadow River Lumber Company. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 2, Folder 6: 1) Six sheets of the Mason-Dixonland Panorama (1974-1981); 2) clippings: "A Critics Guide to Chicago Loop" (1975), "Martin Hall to be Renovated" (undated), "Grist Mills: Monuments to Yesteryear" (1985), "Grains of History" (1987), "No Enemy Could Tear this Stone House Down" (1995), "Cass Lumber Mill" (1982), "Interwoven History Remains Alive in Memorabilia" (1986).

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains research materials, including facsimile maps and articles, reports, student papers, photographs, correspondence, etc. Subjects include Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Martinsburg, John Laudon McAdams, the Potomac River Hydroelectric Dams and the Weston Bridge and Gauley Bridge Turnpike. Highlights include HAER reports about Potomac River Hydroelectric Dams, Dams #4 and #5, Grafton Machine Shop and Foundry and B&O Railroad structures.

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains research materials, including facsimile reports, facsimile book excerpts, facsimile engineering drawings, facsimile census listings, correspondence, book drafts, newsletters, articles and photographs. Subjects include manufacturing, Morgantown, mills, iron furnaces and historic places and engineering structures in West Virginia. Highlights include grant applications, correspondence and drafts of the book Recording West Virginia Industrial Heritage. The following oversize material was moved to Box 343: notes about the Census of Manufacturers.