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Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains research materials, including photographic prints, notes, correspondence, pamphlets, newsletters, reports, engineering drawings, clippings. Subjects include Marlinton Opera House restoration, Masonic Temple of Weston, Arthurdale, Halliehurst column restoration, Round Barn, Glenwood back porch restoration, Craik-Patton House, Paul D. Marshall & Associates, Inc., McGrew House, etc. The following oversize material was moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 2: The Pocahontas Times (December 1996), Map of Charleston and Beckley (undated), Two engineering drawings of Column Profile Detail (undated), Six engineering drawings of Round Barn structure (1994-1995), clipping "Raising the Roof" (1995), Historic Opera House sign (1981), Blueprint of Marlinton Opera House (undated), clipping "Marlinton Council approves" (1998), Newspaper on McGrew House (1996), Two maps of New River Gorge (undated).

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box includes his research materials, including maps, handwritten notes, gazetteers, facsimile reports, pamphlets, correspondence, etc. Subjects include industry in Wheeling, West Virginia, Wheeling history, industrial archaeology sites in West Virginia and iron furnaces. Highlights include a History Survey of Nitro, West Virginia. The following item was moved to Box 342: Facsimile clipping (1969).

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box includes his research materials, including facsimile book excerpt, grant application material, research, student research notes, diagrams, photos of industrial homes, correspondence, etc. Subjects include milling, the Industrial Revolution in West Virginia, industrial archaeology, Martinsburg, Morgantown, etc. Highlights include handwritten and typed notes about historical references, arranged by West Virginia county. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 4: Notes for counties (1897-1908), Handwritten notes (undated), engineering drawings (1924), 3 panoramic photographs (undated), 3 maps (undated), 3 mill lists (undated), 4 clippings (1986-1989), and a facsimile letter (December 1893).

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box includes his research materials, including photographic prints, clippings, correspondence, diagrams, grant applications, price sheets, etc. Subjects including lumbering, Cass, glass, Seneca Glass-making Company, grist mills, coals and coke, and iron. Includes 1986 West Virginia Geological Survey. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 3: One facsimile journal article: 1981 Pocahontas County History (1981), one sheet of clippings newspaper (1989), two sheets of budget lists (1988), two sheets of balance reports (1984), and a budget report (1983).

Kemp researched West Virginia mills for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains his research materials including reports, clippings and correspondence. Subjects include the restoration of the Cass Lumber Mill, Bunker Hill Mill, and Easton Roller. The following oversize material was moved to Box 343: Correspondence (undated), Student paper and letter "Development of Flour milling," and clipping (undated).

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box includes his research materials, including student papers, handwritten notes, facsimile articles, and booklets. Subjects include the Cass Lumber Mill, Meadow River Lumber Company, other lumber history, mill history and glass. The following oversize materials were moved to Box 342: seven facsimile clippings (1928 and 1947).

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box includes his research materials, including student papers, clippings, handwritten notes, newsletters, facsimile book excerpts, etc. Subjects include lumber, salt, oil, gas, Old Stone House, etc.

Kemp studied the iron and steel industry in West Virginia. This box includes brochures, reports and report drafts, a magazine excerpt, photographic prints, correspondence, and memorandums. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: photographic prints, maps, handwritten notes, book excerpts, correspondence, reports, and engineering drawings. Subjects include Weirton Steel, the Meadow River Lumber Company, power generation in Martinsburg, steel production, iron furnaces in West Virginia, industry in West Virginia, etc. The following oversized items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 12, Folder 4: six sheets of clippings (1974-1988).

Kemp collaborated with Wayne Elban of Loyola College on the report "Metallographic Examination and Vickers Microindentation Hardness Testing of Historic Wrought Iron from the Wheeling Custom House." The research culminated in the article "Metallurgical Assessment of Historic Wrought Iron: U.S. Custom House, Wheeling, West Virginia," published in APT Bulletin, and the research aided Kemp as he restored the Wheeling Custom House (also known as West Virginia Independence Hall). The box includes drafts of the report, photographic prints, engineering drawings, scholarly journal articles, and correspondence. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: photographic prints, correspondence, and book excerpts. Subjects include the Wheeling Custom House in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia; the I-beam; cast and wrought iron; metallurgical rolling methods; Vickers hardness test; stress loads; slags; and shock inductions.

Kemp served as a consultant on the restoration of the Wheeling Custom House, an Italianate building known for its innovative rolled wrought iron beams, floor arches and cast iron columns. The Wheeling Custom House (also known as West Virginia Independence Hall) was the site of the state's constitutional conventions in 1863. Box includes a pamphlet, correspondence, drawings, engineering drawings, notes, structural analysis, reports, project expenditures, facsimile articles and correspondence, facsimile appropriations and reports, etc. Subjects include the Reading Hall Station Bridge, the restoration of the Wheeling Custom House, fireproof factories, structural iron, etc. Correspondents include Wayne Elban, Tracy Stephens, et al. The following item was moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 4, Folder 1: three drawings (circa 1850 and undated), one clipping (1981), and three engineering drawings (1980 and undated).