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Kemp studied the iron and steel industry in West Virginia. This box includes brochures, reports and report drafts, a magazine excerpt, photographic prints, correspondence, and memorandums. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: photographic prints, maps, handwritten notes, book excerpts, correspondence, reports, and engineering drawings. Subjects include Weirton Steel, the Meadow River Lumber Company, power generation in Martinsburg, steel production, iron furnaces in West Virginia, industry in West Virginia, etc. The following oversized items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 12, Folder 4: six sheets of clippings (1974-1988).

Kemp collaborated with Wayne Elban of Loyola College on the report "Metallographic Examination and Vickers Microindentation Hardness Testing of Historic Wrought Iron from the Wheeling Custom House." The research culminated in the article "Metallurgical Assessment of Historic Wrought Iron: U.S. Custom House, Wheeling, West Virginia," published in APT Bulletin, and the research aided Kemp as he restored the Wheeling Custom House (also known as West Virginia Independence Hall). The box includes drafts of the report, photographic prints, engineering drawings, scholarly journal articles, and correspondence. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: photographic prints, correspondence, and book excerpts. Subjects include the Wheeling Custom House in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia; the I-beam; cast and wrought iron; metallurgical rolling methods; Vickers hardness test; stress loads; slags; and shock inductions.

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).

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 correspondence, bound copies of the United States Congressional Series Set, bibliographic notes, slides, a deed of gift, diagrams, floor plans, a draft report, facsimile book excerpts, facsimile magazine excerpts, facsimile articles, etc. Subjects include the Wheeling Custom House, Captain A.H. Bowman, metallurgical evaluation of I-beams, wrought iron, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, etc. Correspondents include Dr. Emory Leland Kemp, Wayne Elban of Loyola College, et al. Highlights include a HAER report on Cooper Union Building and an NRHP form for Trenton Iron Company. The following items were moved to Box 342: One diagram "shewing" the new treasury building as connected with the old State Department (undated), and 24 sheets of facsimile clippings (1886).

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 correspondence, magazine excerpts, clippings, reports, field notes and calculations, manuscripts, facsimile book excerpts, etc. Subjects include the restoration of the Wheeling Custom House, iron, invention of the I-beam, wrought iron analysis, cast iron beams, fireproofing buildings, etc. Highlights include specifications for alterations of, appraisal of, and plans for the Wheeling Custom House. The following oversize items were moved to Box 342: three engineering drawings (undated).

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 correspondence, handwritten structural notes, magazine clippings, facsimile article references, etc. Subjects include the Wheeling Custom House, I-beams, wrought iron, steel making, cast iron, etc.

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 magazines, reports, pamphlets, correspondence, and facsimile reference articles, drawings, etc. Subjects include the New Orleans Custom House, the Georgetown Custom Office, etc. Highlights include the NRHP nomination summary for the Wheeling Custom House and a 1986 structural report of the Wheeling Custom House.

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 correspondence, minutes, engineering drawings, financial statements, photographs, booklets, etc. Subjects include the Wheeling Custom House, West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation, and building restoration. The following item was moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 4, Folder 2: Four sheets of engineering drawings (1978).

Kemp garnered support for the restoration of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge along with Beverly Fluty. He also consulted on the plans for restoring the bridge along with the consulting firm Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendorf (now HNTB). The box includes his correspondence, draft handwritten reports, handwritten calculations, meeting minutes, contracts and clippings. It also includes facsimile clippings and letters. Subjects include trusses and anchorage on bridges; testing the chemical composition of metallic bridges and tensile testing on bridges; wrought iron; the Wheeling Suspension Bridge's construction; its status as a National Historic Landmark; and revitalizing Wheeling, West Virginia. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 10, Folder 6: 36 sheets of newspaper (1847-1856, 1978-1983) and 1 chart (undated).

Kemp researched the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia for a number of publications and as part of consulting on the restoration of the bridge in the second half of the twentieth century. The box includes handwritten notes, draft typed and handwritten reports, correspondence and catalog records. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: correspondence, book excerpts, scholarly articles, draft reports, press releases, and handwritten notes. Subjects include the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company, repairing the bridge, other suspension bridges in the United States, Smithsonian and NPS exhibitions about physical structures, cable wires and Charles Ellet Jr. Highlights include a draft report by Kemp for the Friends of Wheeling Inc. on preserving the bridge. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 10, Folder 5: three flowcharts (undated). The folder "Spanning Niagara, 1848-1962" arrived empty and was removed.