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Kemp wrote the book, Building Tygart Dam: A New Deal Public Works Project for the Pittsburgh District of the USACE, although the USACE did not publish the book. This box contains Kemp's research materials and some planning for the project, including book outlines, project progress reports, budget lists, handwritten notes, and inspection reports. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: memorandums, correspondence, engineering drawings, reports and a map. Subjects include the Tygart Dam, dams in general, arch dam designs, the City of Grafton, the Pittsburgh District for the USACE, soil erosion, flood damage and control, reservoirs, United States waterways, and hydraulic structures. Highlights include an NRHP Tygart River Reservoir Dam nomination form. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 12, Folder 8: five graphs (1934), two engineering drawings (1946), and one facsimile book excerpt (1935).

Kemp collected research materials in preparation for his book The Great Kanawha Navigation and HAER reports. Box includes report drafts, correspondence, facsimile journal articles, pamphlets, photographs, facsimile book excerpts, facsimile clippings, newsletters, handwritten notes, and engineering drawings. Subjects include bridges across the United States and Europe, especially in West Virginia. Highlights include a NRHP nomination form for Laughery Creek Triple Intersection Through-Truss Bridge in Buffalo, Indiana, a HAER report on Texas cable bridges, and handwritten drafts of HAER reports for the Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bridge Bowstring Concrete Arch Bridge over Simpson Creek in Bridgeport, Harrison County, West Virginia. The following oversized items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 7, Folder 3: nine sheets of clippings (1992-1995). This box was originally labelled "Great Kanawha Navigation: R."

Kemp researched industrial archaeology. This box contains his materials, including pamphlets on railroads, mills, highways, barns, charcoal making, firefighting, Detroit, Wheeling and Urbana. Highlights include a Buchart Horn Inc. pamphlet on Pennsylvania transportation systems.

This box contains the following books:

This box contains the following books:

Kemp researched the Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike for the USACE. In addition, the IHTIA surveyed the preservation needs of the historic Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike on behalf of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike Alliance. This box contains Kemp's research materials, including typed and handwritten notes, correspondence, and technical manuals. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, maps, correspondence, reports, financial statements, and clippings. Subjects include the Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike in Burnsville, Braxton County, West Virginia; the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike in Staunton, Virginia and Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia; Burnsville Reservoir in Burnsville, Braxton County, West Virginia; Bulltown Historic District, Braxton County, West Virginia; the Virginia Board of Public Works; and bridge construction. The following oversize item was moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 14, Folder 6: one map (undated).

Kemp and Janet Kemp researched the Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike for the USACE, Huntington District eventually publishing the report "A History of the Weston and Gauley Turnpike." The box contains their research materials, including photographs, reports, draft reports, articles, notes, correspondence, clippings, engineering drawings, and forms. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: clippings, maps, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and contract agreements. Subjects include the Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike, Slaven's Cabin and Summersville Turnpike (also called Summersville and Slaven Cabin Turnpike), early road construction, and turnpike construction generally in West Virginia counties. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 14, Folder 6: one handbill (1854), six maps (1883 and undated), eight clippings (1852 and 1980), and four contract sheets (1854).

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Kemp researched and reported on the history of coal and coke, eventually consulting on the restoration of the Kaymoor Coal Mine Complex (also sometimes called "Kay Moor Mine") and giving a paper on coke production at the SIA's 1974 conference. The box contains his research materials, including reports, report drafts, handwritten notes, brochures, student papers, essays, essay outlines, clippings, handwritten drafts, bibliographies, and correspondence. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: maps, handwritten notes, book excerpts, correspondence, oral histories, photographic prints, and engineering drawings. Subjects include preservation of the New River Gorge National Park in Glen Jean, West Virginia; the history and preservation of the Kaymoor Coal Mine in Fayetteville, West Virginia; Fayette County, West Virginia; the history of the coking and coal mining industries in West Virginia; the history of coal, coke, and iron history in general; preserving industrial sites; and SIA. Highlights include HAER reports of the Kaymoor Coal Mine and Kemp's essay, "Beehive-Oven Coking Operation at Bretz, West Virginia." The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 12, Folder 6: one brochure (undated), four clippings (1974-1982).

Materials were originally housed with photographs in preparation for Kemp's survey of West Virginia covered bridges. Includes presentation slides, pamphlets, clippings, lists, engineering drawings, photographs, two floppy disks, etc. Subjects include Shenandoah mills and covered bridges across the United States and the world, with special emphasis on covered bridges In West Virginia, Minnesota and Missouri. The following oversize item was moved to Box 342: one pamphlet (1988).