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Kemp and the IHTIA conducted research on industrial structures, mainly in West Virginia. The box contains his research materials, along with publications and reports by Kemp. The box includes contracts, newspapers, transcripts of interviews, reports, correspondence, a student thesis, books, and a calendar. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: photographic prints, clippings, maps, and reports. Subjects include the Seneca Glass Factory in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia; the Simpson Creek Covered Bridge in Bridgeport, Harrison County, West Virginia, the Barrackville Covered Bridge in Barrackville, Marion County, West Virginia, the Vinton Iron Furnace in Madison Township, Vinton County, Ohio; the C&O Canal, the Mannington Round Barn in Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia; the Monongahela River, West Virginia County Courthouses, mills, canals, rail trails, spillways, petroleum, and bridges.

Kemp conducted research on land and water transportation systems and published on the subject, including the book Transportation and Technology, which included essays on the history of technology and transportation. The box includes a dissertation, reports, photographic prints, research notes, a calendar, correspondence, handwritten notes, clippings, and resumes. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: maps, advertisements, charts, reports, photographic prints, book excerpts, correspondence, clippings, maps and engineering drawings. Subjects include turnpikes, structures of West Virginia, waterways, Kemp's book Taming the Muskingum, the Little Kanawha River, and bridges. Highlights include a HAER nomination form for the West Oil Company Endless-Wire Oil Pumping Rig and correspondence about Kemp's work with Fairbanks Oil Company. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 14, Folder 3: one clipping (2013), two brochures (1976), one map (1883).

Kemp researched waterworks and hydraulic systems and wrote the report "Historic Water Distribution Systems in Augusta, Georgia" as part of the mitigation plan for the city's effort to build a new storm sewer. Kemp also maintained research materials about other engineering innovations. This box includes his reports, bibliographies, essays, scholarly journal articles, brochures, postcards, clippings, correspondence, one photograph, and newsletters. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: clippings, scholarly journal articles, brochures, and correspondence. Subjects include water distribution in Augusta, water quality, diesel and gas, railways and transportation, mills, waterworks, hydraulic technology, and ancient tools and hydraulic systems. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 14, Folder 8: four clippings (1846, 1977-1993) and four brochures (1993 and undated).

Kemp researched the bridges of Richard B. Osborne, a bridge engineer in Pennsylvania, as part of a paper he gave for the Society for Industrial Archaeology Meeting in 1986 and an article in the journal Industrial Archaeology. Kemp also helped design a bridge replica for the National Museum of American History. The box includes drafts of the essay, clippings, facsimile book excerpts, facsimile and original engineering drawings, student papers, calculations, data lists, facsimile and original photographs, and research notes. Subjects include the Reading-Halls Station Bridge near Muncy, Pennsylvania; the Sunderland Bridge near Deerfield, Massachusetts; the West Manayuk Bridge near Manayuk, Pennsylvania; the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company (later called the Reading Railway); Pottsville, Pennsylvania; the iron truss bridges; other truss bridges; and the process of conducting research on Richard B. Osborne. Highlights include a HAER report on the Reading-Halls Station Bridge near Muncy, Pennsylvania. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 7, Folder 1: 2,013 facsimile pages of diary (1851-1881), 8 engineering drawings (1981-1985 and undated).

The IHTIA and Vandalia Heritage Foundation created a report on revitalizing the B&O Railroad Main Stem in 2004. The box contains their preparation, including facsimile book excerpts, studies, reports, facsimile photos, articles, facsimile diagrams and maps, and facsimile ephemera. Subjects include the B&O railroad, its surrounding industrial archaeology, and archival management best practices. Highlights include a Historic Landmark nomination forms for the B&O Railroad Martinsburg Shops and facsimile train orders. This document case was originally formatted as two binders.