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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. The box includes measurement lists, cost lists, contracts, meeting notes, reports, engineering drawings and correspondence. Subjects include the structural efficacy of the bridge, its history (including the designers Lemuel and Eli Chenoweth), Buffalo Creek (which the bridge spans), and the restoration of covered bridges in general. The following oversize items were moved to Box 342: one list (undated) and two engineering drawings (1986 and undated).

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).

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Kemp served as the project leader for restoring the mill machinery and hydraulic system of Blaker's Mill (also called "Blaker Mill" and "Blakers Mill"), an eighteenth century mill, working with Paul D. Marshall & Associates, Inc. He also organized the transfer of Blaker's Mill from Alderson, West Virginia to Jackson's Mill in Weston, West Virginia as part of the effort to turn Jackson's Mill into a museum. The box includes materials used to prepare for the restoration and transfer, including engineering drawings, handwritten notes and calculations, a clipping, a newsletter, correspondence, brochures, photographic prints, report drafts, an oral history transcript and an audiotape. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: maps, engineering drawings, correspondence, brochures, oral history transcripts, report drafts, and budget lists. Subjects include the control of water; engines; pipes; milling machinery; the 4-H Camp at Jackson's Mill in Weston, West Virginia; and Blaker's Mill as it existed in both Alderson and Weston, West Virginia. Highlights include a Geiser Manufacturing Company Supply Trade Catalogue from 1909 and drafts of a Site Interpretation Plan for Blaker's Mill. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 13, Folder 3: three maps (1980-1987 and undated), seven clippings (1988-1991 and undated), and fourteen engineering drawings (1986-1989 and undated).

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 drafts of the monograph, reports, correspondence, photographic prints, photographic negatives, photographic contact sheets, photograph lists, handwritten notes, magazines, interview notes, and an audiotape. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: photographic prints, engineering drawings, handwritten notes, reports, maps, and journal articles. Subjects include the Bonnet Carré Spillway in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana; construction of the Bonnet Carré Spillway; Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana; the Lower Mississippi Valley; levees and canals of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; flood controls along the Mississippi River; and the New Orleans flood of 1927. Correspondents include Malcolm Shuman from the Museum of Geoscience at Louisiana State University and Michael Stout from the USACE, New Orleans District. Highlights include an NRHP evaluation of the Bonnet Carré Spillway and an audio interview with Frederic Chatry, chief of the Engineering Division of the USACE, New Orleans District. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 14, Folder 2: nine engineering drawings (1929 and undated), ten maps (1929, 1959-1960), and one brochure (1983).

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).

Kemp collected books to aid in his research process. This box includes books and facsimile books on the subjects of coal and engineering.