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Kemp contributed lectures and reports to the historic preservation academic community, and advised West Virginia University on the connection between engineering and the humanities as a professor. He also evaluated historic copper mines in the Quincy and Calumet areas of the Keweenaw Peninsula of Pennsylvania in order to determine whether they would be eligible for national park status. This box includes his work materials, including resumes, biographical narratives, reports, correspondence, conference proceedings, event programs, clippings, newsletters, organization applications, drawings, book reviews, a USB drive, photographic prints, and handwritten notes. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, applications for awards, clippings, scholarly journal articles, book reviews, newsletters and bound copies of the United States Congressional Series Set. Subjects include the Historic Bridge Conference, Kemp's career, engineering feats, historic preservation, industrial archaeology, the history of science and technology, bridges, canals, transportation mechanisms, and academia. Highlights include a bound 1954 calendar from the University of London Imperial College, early photographs of Kemp, and correspondence regarding a two-year professorial appointment to the SEATO Graduate School in Thailand. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 13, Folder 9: one event program (1991); two brochures (1974-1988); two nomination forms for the magazine, "Who's Who in Engineering" (1989 and undated); and six clippings (1986-1992).

Kemp collected books as part of his research efforts. In addition, he edited the Proceedings of the Conference on Industrialized Building following the conference hosted by the WVU Department of Civil Engineering in 1972. The box contains a copy of the conference proceedings, as well as books and ephemera related to the conference and Kemp's research. Subjects include torsion, building construction in the United States, industrialized building, and Kanawha County.

This box contains the following books:

This box contains the following books:

Kemp conducted research about and collaborated with students about early concrete flat slab systems and other cement structures. The box includes correspondence, reports, student papers, schedules, bibliographies, engineering drawings and calculation lists. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: handwritten notes, memorandums, minutes, clippings, calculation lists and book excerpts. Subjects include reinforcing concrete, concrete slabs, steel stresses, elasticity, early concrete, and civil engineering.

Kemp researched bridge patents and compiled the reports of others in preparation for his book American Bridge Patents: The First Century (1790-1890) and other publications. The box includes correspondence, book excerpts, drafts of publications, reports, lists of patents, and clippings. Correspondents include David Simmons and Joy Chau. Highlights include many HAER reports on bridges in Ohio.

Kemp maintained research materials on historic building materials and engineering. The box includes facsimile book excerpts and reports. Highlights include an NRHP nomination form for the McFarland House in Martinsburg, West Virginia.