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The NPS and SCS (now the NRCS) contracted the IHTIA to document historic structures as part of a mitigation study for the Wheeling Creek Watershed Project and create HABS/HAER surveys for many of the structures. Correspondents include the NPS, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and IHTIA. The box includes many of the research materials, including photographic prints, photographic slides, photographic negatives, photographic contact sheets, handwritten notes, correspondence, memorandums and reports. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: reports, handwritten deeds, and photographic prints. Subjects include historic houses; historic structures in West Finley, Pennsylvania; the Jacob Crow house and farm in Cameron, West Virginia; a metal truss bridge near the Jacob Crow house; Crows Mill in Greene County, Pennsylvania; Durbin General Store in Greene County, Pennsylvania; Lower Dunkard Fork Creek in Greene County, Pennsylvania; Ohio County, West Virginia; Marshall County, West Virginia; Greene County, Pennsylvania; and Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Highlights include Pennsylvania Historic Resources Survey nomination forms. The following oversize items were moved to Box 343: 16 sheets of facsimile logs (1850-1910).

Kemp studied the Staats Mill Covered Bridge in Jackson County, West Virginia. When the bridge had to move to a historic museum to make way for a flood control project, Kemp assisted in transferring and restoring the bridge. Includes draft reports, draft contracts, correspondence, and grant instructions. Subjects include the history of the Staats Mill Covered Bridge, its physical structure, and its restoration. The following oversized items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 7, Folder 2: Six engineering drawings (1982), five pages of draft report (undated).

Kemp studied the Staats Mill Covered Bridge in Jackson County, West Virginia. When the bridge had to move to a historic museum to make way for a flood control project, Kemp assisted in transferring and restoring the bridge. The box shows evidence of Kemp's work for A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates, Parker Builders, the United States Department of Agriculture SCS (now the NRCS), et al. Includes correspondence, reports, handwritten notes, cost lists, grant applications, contracts, engineering drawings, slides, a photograph, and clippings. Subjects include the restoration of the Staats Mill Covered Bridge, soil and structural analysis, and contract negotiations. The following oversized items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 7, Folder 2: 17 engineering drawings (1981-1982 and undated), 12 clippings (1979-1982).

Kemp studied the Staats Mill Covered Bridge in Jackson County, West Virginia (also known as the Tug Fork Covered Bridge). When the bridge had to move to a historic museum to make way for a flood control project, Kemp assisted in transferring and restoring the bridge. The box demonstrates how Kemp photographed the Staats Mill Covered Bridge. The box contains a sample of his camera equipment, including 4x5" graphic film holders and film. Also contains a facsimile clipping from the Charleston Daily Mail showing how Kemp used the camera during the Staats Mill Covered Bridge move.

The IHTIA surveyed the preservation needs of the historic Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike on behalf of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike Alliance. In addition, Kemp advised a student, Peyton Elliott, who wrote a paper about the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike. The box includes correspondence, drafts of interpretive plans, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, handwritten notes, student papers, transcribed letters, clippings, preservation survey forms, and contact sheets. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: correspondence, articles, book excerpts, letters, maps, family trees, clippings, reports, budget lists, bibliographies, and handbooks. Subjects include the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, Civil War history at the turnpike, the Rich Mountain battlefield, the McDowell battlefield, road construction, Virginia history, Pocahontas County, Randolph County, and civil engineer Claude Crozet. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 14, Folder 4: seven engineering drawings (1995), three facsimile letters (1841-1848), five clippings (1995 and undated), and four maps (undated).

The IHTIA surveyed the preservation needs of the historic Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike on behalf of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike Alliance. This box includes Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike research materials, including index cards with source listings, catalog records, correspondence, handwritten notes, field survey notes, brochures, contact lists, and itineraries. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: maps, book excerpts, magazine clippings, reports and scholarly journal articles. Subjects include Virginia turnpikes; Virginia roads construction; West Virginia road construction; Randolph County, West Virginia road construction; road restoration, and the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 14, Folder 5: ten maps (1823-1858, 1928, and undated), nine book excerpts (1976), and two engineering drawings (undated).

Kemp studied energy principles and maintained research files on engineering and architecture. The box includes his workbook, as well as a book and report. The box also includes facsimile book excerpts. Subjects include energy principles, architecture, civil engineering, and building roads.

Kemp and the IHTIA researched historic bridges and preserved the High Gate Carriage House property in Fairmont, West Virginia and a B&O Railroad bridge in Littleton, West Virginia. He also collaborated with Barb Howe on the preservation of Bulltown Historic Area in Braxton County, West Virginia as part of a contract for the USACE. The box includes photographic prints, photographic negatives, articles, lists, reports, and handwritten notes. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: engineering drawings and reports. Subjects include historic bridges, industries and structures in West Virginia. Highlights include a compilation of Kemp's articles on bridges entitled "Historic Bridge Articles Volume 1."

Kemp collected images of suspension bridges. This box includes originals and facsimiles of the following: drawings, photographs, engineering drawings, and correspondence. Subjects include bridges, suspension bridges, Charles Ellet Jr., John Roebling, James Finley, iron bridges, European suspension bridges, and suspension bridges in the United States (especially the Niagara Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge, and bridges in Washington, DC and Pennsylvania).

Kemp collected images of suspension bridges. The box includes photographic facsimiles of materials preserved in books or at other institutions. Includes photographs, engineering drawings, drawings, and maps. Subjects include suspension bridges in Asia and Europe, especially those in Germany, France and Great Britain.