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Kemp collected materials in preparation for a survey of the restoration required for covered bridges across West Virginia. Includes report drafts, facsimile handwritten notes, photographs, maps, correspondence, video scripts and engineering drawings. Subjects include covered bridges in West Virginia, especially the following covered bridges: Fish Creek, Herns Mill, Hokes Mill, Indian Creek, Laurel Creek and Locust Creek. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 5, Folder 6: 3 sheets of newspapers (1993).

Kemp collected materials in preparation for a survey of the restoration required for covered bridges across West Virginia. Includes handwritten notes, budget lists, reports, facsimile photographs, engineering drawings, maps and correspondence. Subjects include the West Virginia Covered Bridge Project and the following covered bridges: Carrollton, Center Point, Dents Run, Fish Creek, Sarvis Fork, Simpson Creek and Walkersville. The following oversized items have been moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 5, Folder 7: three maps (undated), two sheets of facsimile budget lists (undated), six engineering drawings (undated), one pamphlet (1991) and 19 sheets of facsimile clippings (1861-1883, 1947-1978, undated).

Kemp worked with Barb Howe to establish a directory of sites pertinent to the glass industry in West Virginia as part of a book project documenting industrial archaeology in West Virginia. He also consulted on Howe's early drafts of a manuscript, "The Glass Industry in West Virginia." According to an original box description, the materials were used in research preparation for a video by the NPS on Seneca Glass Company (potentially this Seneca Glass Company documentary), although only a few facsimile materials in the box pertain to the Seneca Glass Company. The box includes reports, engineering drawings, typed notes, photographic prints, correspondence, handwritten notes, student papers, and drafts of the directory. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, scholarly journal articles and essay drafts. Subjects include glass production in West Virginia, the directory of sites of glass industry, glass factories, and historic bridges. Highlights include a HAER nomination form for the Seneca Glass Company Factory building. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: three clippings (1948-1970).

Kemp wrote articles about the field of civil engineering and publications about bridges in West Virginia. The box includes these scholarly articles, books and brochures, along with a transcript for a tour, reports and bibliographies. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: maps and handwritten court records. Subjects include canals, West Virginia historic bridges, West Virginia covered bridges, the field of civil engineering, and historic structures preservation. Highlights include a copy of Kemp's report, "West Virginia Historic Bridges" for the West Virginia Department of Culture and History, the West Virginia Division of Highways and the Federal Highway Administration. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 11, Folder 9: one brochure (West Virginia Covered Bridges (1988) and eighteen facsimile maps (1607-1881).

Kemp prepared the report "West Virginia Historic Bridges" for the West Virginia Department of Culture and History, the West Virginia Division of Highways and the Federal Highway Administration. It appears the materials were originally part of a collection of papers within an IHTIA archive, because the box includes a finding aid of the "Emory L. Kemp Collection West Virginia Historic Bridges." The box includes handwritten notes, drafts of the West Virginia Historic Bridges report, data entry cards, contact sheets, negatives and photographic prints. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: maps, engineering drawings, book excerpts and photographic prints. Subjects include bridges of West Virginia across many counties, iron truss bridges, Burr truss bridges, covered bridges, restoration of bridges, arches, and girders. Highlights include the finding aid for the IHTIA's collection of Kemp's West Virginia Historic Bridges collection, and Kemp's notebooks recording West Virginia bridge measurements.

Kemp prepared the report "West Virginia Historic Bridges" for the West Virginia Department of Culture and History, the West Virginia Division of Highways and the Federal Highway Administration. The box includes his research materials, including correspondence, event programs, photographs, lists, reports and draft reports. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: maps, charts, reports, tables, engineering drawings, and photographs. Subjects include West Virginia bridges in general; the Post Mill Bridge in Wayne County, West Virginia, the Twelvepole Creek Bridge (or "Spunky Bridge") in Wayne County, West Virginia; the St. Georges Bridge in St. Georges, Delaware; bridge formation, arts organizations and bridge preservation. Highlights include the NRHP nomination form for the Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge in Elm Grove, West Virginia. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 11, Folder 7: seven engineering drawings (1979) and one map (undated).

Kemp prepared the report, "West Virginia Historic Bridges" for the West Virginia Department of Culture and History, the West Virginia Division of Highways and the Federal Highway Administration. This box includes planning for the survey, including contract agreements, correspondence, handwritten notes, budget lists, reports, clippings, invoices and expense calculations. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: handwritten notes, correspondence, engineering drawings, book excerpts and maps. Subjects include historic bridges of West Virginia, truss bridges, preservation of bridges and construction of bridges. Correspondents include the Federal Highway Administration and the West Virginia Department of Highways. The following oversize items were moved to map Cabinet 12, Drawer 11, Folder 8: seventeen sheets budget lists (1981), six sheets of facsimile engineering drawings (1979), two maps (undated), and two clippings (1929 and 1985).

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains research materials, including facsimile pamphlets, reports, maps, clippings, student papers, scholarly journal, correspondence, etc. Subjects include glass, West Virginia immigration, Street Railway Company of Martinsburg, "Monongalia Story" by Earl Core, etc. Highlights include a draft of a HAER report about the Meadow River Lumber Company. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 2, Folder 6: 1) Six sheets of the Mason-Dixonland Panorama (1974-1981); 2) clippings: "A Critics Guide to Chicago Loop" (1975), "Martin Hall to be Renovated" (undated), "Grist Mills: Monuments to Yesteryear" (1985), "Grains of History" (1987), "No Enemy Could Tear this Stone House Down" (1995), "Cass Lumber Mill" (1982), "Interwoven History Remains Alive in Memorabilia" (1986).

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains research materials, including facsimile maps and articles, reports, student papers, photographs, correspondence, etc. Subjects include Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Martinsburg, John Laudon McAdams, the Potomac River Hydroelectric Dams and the Weston Bridge and Gauley Bridge Turnpike. Highlights include HAER reports about Potomac River Hydroelectric Dams, Dams #4 and #5, Grafton Machine Shop and Foundry and B&O Railroad structures.

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains research materials, including facsimile reports, facsimile book excerpts, facsimile engineering drawings, facsimile census listings, correspondence, book drafts, newsletters, articles and photographs. Subjects include manufacturing, Morgantown, mills, iron furnaces and historic places and engineering structures in West Virginia. Highlights include grant applications, correspondence and drafts of the book Recording West Virginia Industrial Heritage. The following oversize material was moved to Box 343: notes about the Census of Manufacturers.