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Kemp consulted with Brown Carlisle on an historical engineering study of the Monongahela River navigational system in 1998. This box contains research materials, including facsimile reports, maps, engineering drawings, conference proceedings and photos, bound copies of the United States Congressional Series Set, and project proposals. Subjects include the Monongahela River Navigation System, locks and dams, and engineering and construction on the Monongahela River. The following oversize materials were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 9: 1) eight maps (1887, 1910, 1996), 10 sheets of engineering drawings (circa 1930-1939, 1996).

Kemp was the primary investigator on a study examining the history of multipurpose dam technology and documenting multipurpose dams in the United States. The United States Bureau of Reclamation and the USACE contracted with the IHTIA to perform the study through the National Historic Landmarks program. The box includes Kemp's research materials, including correspondence, bibliographies, catalog records, interviews, and an audiotape. The box also includes the following facsimiles: book excerpts, scholarly articles, and research guides. Subjects include multipurpose dams, hydraulic systems, locks, the history of civil engineering, reclamation programs, the history of mines, conducting research on dams, and conducting research at the National Archives and Records Administration.

Kemp wrote the book, Taming the Muskingum about navigation on the Muskingum River in Ohio. This box contains his research materials, including photographic prints and negatives, compact discs, photo indices, facsimile photos, maps, diagrams, illustrations, and river flow/traffic data. Subjects include the Muskingum River, its locks and dams, a lockmaster's house on the Muskingum River, structural repairs, boat passageways, bridges, etc. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 1: approximately 150 sheets of a report (1977), ten photographic prints (1824-1913), and two photographic negatives (undated).

Kemp wrote the book, Taming the Muskingum about navigation on the Muskingum River in Ohio. The box contains research materials, mostly facsimiles and some handwritten notes by Larry Sypolt. Formats include maps, articles, correspondence, dam specifications, reports, funds, clippings, project proposals, etc. Subjects include the Muskingum River and federal projects in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, canals, flood relief, Dover, Atwood, Beach City and Clendening Dams.

Kemp wrote the book, Taming the Muskingum about navigation on the Muskingum River in Ohio. The box includes the book draft and correspondence. Includes facsimile reports, articles, gate cost estimates, book excerpts and studies. Highlights include a facsimile NRHP nomination Form for Lock #10 on the Muskingum River.

Kemp wrote the book, Taming the Muskingum about navigation on the Muskingum River in Ohio. The box contains research materials, including facsimile clippings, book excerpts, reports, maps, charts, data, worker contracts, memorandums, correspondence, award notifications, thesis, bibliographies, etc. Also includes books, original book drafts for Taming the Muskingum, original correspondence, WVU grant award notification, and research notes.

Kemp wrote the book, Taming the Muskingum about navigation on the Muskingum River in Ohio. This box contains his research materials, including a book, photo negatives and prints, an annual report, pamphlets, a fact sheet, newsletters, a magazine, and notes. Also includes facsimile clippings, diagrams, contracts, reports, purchases, expenditures, and correspondence. Subjects include the history of the Muskingum Watershed, the operations of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD), locks and dams, engineering on the Muskingum River, Ohio geology, the Miami Conservancy District, Muskingum soil mechanics, etc. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 7: nine pamphlets on Piedmont, Leesville, Clendening, Atwood, Charles Mill, Seneca, and Pleasant Hill lakes (1999-2001), Tappan Moravian Trail pamphlet (undated); one property survey conveyed to Francis and Morris Buxton (1978), one facsimile report: Ohio Valley Flood Control Plan (1941).

Kemp wrote the book, Taming the Muskingum about navigation on the Muskingum River in Ohio. The box contains research materials, including facsimile student thesis, correspondence, photos, pamphlets, articles, book excerpts, maps and clippings, etc. Subjects include recreation on the Muskingum River, development of the Ohio River, Muskingum River navigation, the Muskingum Water Conservancy District, the Fairmont High Level Bridge, steamboats, and dams. Highlights include a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Nomination for the Muskingum River Navigation System and a draft copy of the book, Taming the Muskingum. The following oversize materials were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 8: four pamphlets of the Muskingum Watershed District Recreation and Map Guide, Facsimile pamphlet, New Philadelphia Self-Guided Tours, Illinois Waterway USACE (1996-2000 and undated), clippings (2000), and one sheet organizational chart (1934).

Kemp wrote the book, Taming the Muskingum about navigation on the Muskingum River in Ohio. This box contains his research, including a floppy disk, book copy edits, handwritten notes, and facsimile illustrations for the book. Also includes a typescript on the Big Sandy Navigation, a facsimile report of the 1875 survey of the Big Sandy River, a Chief of Engineers report, and biographical reports on Stephen Long, Ben Franklin Thomas, and William Emery Merrill. Highlights include an unbound copy of the pages for Taming the Muskingum.

Kemp wrote the book, Taming the Muskingum about navigation on the Muskingum River in Ohio. The box contains research materials. Formats includes USACE reports, plans, specifications, articles, clippings, etc. Subjects include, the Muskingum Watershed, Dover Dam, the Beach City Dam, Muskingum flood control, Ohio canals, and soil analysis by the U.S. Engineering Soil Lab.