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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 correspondence, bound copies of the United States Congressional Series Set, bibliographic notes, slides, a deed of gift, diagrams, floor plans, a draft report, facsimile book excerpts, facsimile magazine excerpts, facsimile articles, etc. Subjects include the Wheeling Custom House, Captain A.H. Bowman, metallurgical evaluation of I-beams, wrought iron, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, etc. Correspondents include Dr. Emory Leland Kemp, Wayne Elban of Loyola College, et al. Highlights include a HAER report on Cooper Union Building and an NRHP form for Trenton Iron Company. The following items were moved to Box 342: One diagram "shewing" the new treasury building as connected with the old State Department (undated), and 24 sheets of facsimile clippings (1886).

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 correspondence, magazine excerpts, clippings, reports, field notes and calculations, manuscripts, facsimile book excerpts, etc. Subjects include the restoration of the Wheeling Custom House, iron, invention of the I-beam, wrought iron analysis, cast iron beams, fireproofing buildings, etc. Highlights include specifications for alterations of, appraisal of, and plans for the Wheeling Custom House. The following oversize items were moved to Box 342: three engineering drawings (undated).

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 correspondence, handwritten structural notes, magazine clippings, facsimile article references, etc. Subjects include the Wheeling Custom House, I-beams, wrought iron, steel making, cast iron, etc.

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 magazines, reports, pamphlets, correspondence, and facsimile reference articles, drawings, etc. Subjects include the New Orleans Custom House, the Georgetown Custom Office, etc. Highlights include the NRHP nomination summary for the Wheeling Custom House and a 1986 structural report of the Wheeling Custom House.

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 correspondence, minutes, engineering drawings, financial statements, photographs, booklets, etc. Subjects include the Wheeling Custom House, West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation, and building restoration. The following item was moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 4, Folder 2: Four sheets of engineering drawings (1978).

Kemp researched the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia for a number of publications and as part of consulting on the restoration of the bridge in the second half of the twentieth century. The box includes handwritten notes, draft typed and handwritten reports, correspondence and catalog records. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: correspondence, book excerpts, scholarly articles, draft reports, press releases, and handwritten notes. Subjects include the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company, repairing the bridge, other suspension bridges in the United States, Smithsonian and NPS exhibitions about physical structures, cable wires and Charles Ellet Jr. Highlights include a draft report by Kemp for the Friends of Wheeling Inc. on preserving the bridge. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 10, Folder 5: three flowcharts (undated). The folder "Spanning Niagara, 1848-1962" arrived empty and was removed.

Kemp wrote the book The Wheeling Suspension Bridge: A Pictorial Heritage with Beverly Fluty. This box includes materials Kemp collected in preparation for the book, including photographic prints, photographic negatives, a draft of the book, lists, drawings, reports, postcards, and floppy disks. Subjects include the Lehigh Gap Bridge in Palmerton, Pennsylvania; Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia; Charles Ellet Jr.; the bridge's conditions; and the bridge's use. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 10, Folder 3: one engineering drawing (undated) and one map (undated).

Kemp consulted on the restoration of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge and co-wrote multiple books on the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, including The Wheeling Suspension Bridge: A Pictorial Heritage (with Beverly Fluty). This box includes his research materials, including correspondence, handwritten notes, programs and invitations, scholarly articles, reports, magazine clippings, photographic prints, contact sheets and postcards. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: charters and reports before the West Virginia state legislature, correspondence, scholarly articles, photographic prints, contact sheets, drawings and engineering drawings. Subjects include the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia; suspension bridges of France and the United States; other bridges in Wheeling, West Virginia; Charles Ellet Jr.; the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company; and the Ohio River. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: two maps (undated), and ten sheets of engineering drawings (undated). This box was originally titled "Illustrated History of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge," so may have been used to inform Kemp's work on The Wheeling Suspension Bridge: A Pictorial Heritage.

Kemp served on the governor's task force to advise the Division of Highways on planning the renovation of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia, which reopened to traffic in 1983. In 1997, Kemp presented a paper on the restoration of the bridge at the Fifth Historic Bridge Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. The engineering firms A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates and HNTB Corporation both consulted on the restoration, and C.C.L. Systems Ltd. corresponded about the wire manufacturing. The box includes correspondence, meeting agendas, reports, scholarly articles, meeting minutes, catalog records, research notes, photographic prints, drawings, greeting cards, clippings, brochures and a floppy disk. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, brochures, clippings, contracts, maps, and engineering drawings. Subjects include the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, the National Road, the Ohio River, John A. Roebling, Charles Ellet Jr., the New Jersey Historic Bridge Preservation Study, wrought iron, metal trusses, threaded wire, wrapping on cable wires on suspension bridges, and coordinating the presentation at the Historic Bridge Conference. Highlights include correspondence from then-Governor Jay Rockefeller to Kemp, an environmental assessment of the bridge, and metal parts from the original bridge used to test the strength of the wires. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 13, Folder 6: 2 news clippings (1983), 46 engineering drawings (1995). The metal parts from the bridge were moved to Box 279.