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Kemp wrote the article "The Little Kanawha Navigation" for the journal Canal History and Technology Proceedings. This box contains reseasrch materials, including facsimile reports, correspondence, articles, book excerpts, magazines, clippings, bibliographies, photos, handwritten notes, oral history transcriptions, cost sheets, etc. Subjects include the Little Kanawha Navigation, river traffic, boats, shipping, Gilmer County history, Burning Springs, Burnsville Dam, inland waterways, locks, covered bridges, the West Virginia General Assembly, etc. Highlights include 1907 freight ticket and steam vessel inspection application, a 1908 correspondence regarding the steamboat inspection service, and Larry Sypolt's list of Little Kanawha boats. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 2, Folder 2-3: thirty-seven facsimile clippings (1860-1930, 1987), nine pages of facsimile steamboat shipping bills (1874-1899, two facsimiles of Hardesty's Encyclopedia entries for Kanawha, Calhoun, and Wirt Counties (1889), four facsimile maps (1937, 2003, undated), facsimile data sheets and inspection certificates (1876), and one brochure (1975).

Kemp wrote the article "The Little Kanawha Navigation" for the journal Canal History and Technology Proceedings. This box contains research materials, including mostly facsimile clippings, reports, handwritten correspondence, allotments, operational expenses, river traffic data, pamphlets, itineraries, magazines, grant applications, research notes, photographs, government documents etc. Subjects include USACE, Work Project Administration, Colonel Thomas Tavenner, Johnson Newlon Camden, Sam Hays, Little Kanawha Navigation, locks, the history of the Huntington District, Burnsville folk studies, Wirt County, steamboats, oil springs, the Flood Control Act of 1936. Highlights include West Virginia Division of Highways reports on Creston and Little Kanawha River locks, shipping tickets, toll notes, and bound copies of the United States Congressional Series Set, dated between 1839 and 1880. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 2, Folder 4: approximately fifty sheets of facsimile newspapers (1865-1984), two facsimile maps (undated), and The River-The West Virginia Hillbilly Publication (1976).

Kemp wrote the article "The Little Kanawha Navigation" for the journal Canal History and Technology Proceedings. This box includes facsimile reports, Senate Resolutions, correspondence, data sheets, cost estimates, photos, and a handwritten note. Subjects include the Little Kanawha, the geology of the west fork of the Little Kanawha, power development, reservoirs, flood protection, oil, coal, salt, iron, etc.

The USACE appointed Kemp to document locks and dams along the Kanawha River and nominate them for the NRHP. This box includes background research materials, including reports, manuals, pamphlets, and memorandums. Subjects include Winfield, Gallipolis, London, and Marmet Lock and Dams; Navigation in the Huntington District; and water resource development.

Kemp consulted on the restoration of the Louisville Water Tower in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. He advised on restoration techniques for Phillips & Oppermann, PA, a North Carolina architectural firm. The box includes notes, photographic prints, photographic slides, calculations, correspondence, reports, resumes, construction specifications, engineering drawing, budget lists, and manuals. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, photographic prints, clippings, reports, manuals, and correspondence. Subjects include water towers, pumping stations, surge tanks, steel repair, sheet metal, cleaning and repainting metal, torus geometric structures and gusset reinforcements in the Louisville Water Tower, and the Louisville Water Company. The following oversize items have been moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 14, Folder 9: eighteen engineering drawings (1991 and undated) and one map (undated).

Kemp was the preservation engineer leading the New Jersey Department of Transportation's mitigation study on the Lower Bank Road Bridge in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey. He did the study while working for A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates. Includes engineering drawings, photographs, handwritten notes, correspondence, minutes, book excerpts and data sheets. Subjects include the Lower Bank Road Bridge; Atlantic County, New Jersey; documenting structures for HAER; Strauss bascule bridges; etc. Highlights include the HAER report for the Lower Bank Road Bridge. The following oversize materials were moved to Box 342: two sheets of engineering drawings (1993), four data sheets (1961), 38 sheets of council minutes (1991-1925), three clippings (1964).

French historian of civil engineering Michel Cotte presented a paper on suspension bridges at the 1999 International Conference on Historic Bridges to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, which Kemp and the IHTIA organized. He and Kemp also corresponded about the history of French moveable dams, which helped Kemp in his research about locks and dams along the Great Kanawha River. The box includes correspondence, engineering drawings, scholarly journal articles, drafts of scholarly journal articles, and conference booklets. The box also includes facsimiles book excerpts. Subjects include the Tournon-Tain Suspension Bridge in Tournon-sur-Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; the Rhône River in France; the Kanawha River in West Virginia; Marc Seguin; French moveable dams; suspension bridges; and French industrial heritage.

Kemp helped document and suggest the restoration plan for the Milton Covered Bridge over the Mud River in Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia in partnership with the West Virginia Division of Highways. The box includes reports, handwritten notes, correspondence, computer-generated data, a draft PhD dissertation, budget lists, facsimile engineering drawings and photographs. Subject include the Milton Covered Bridge, rehabilitation for historic structures and hydraulic systems in the United States. Highlights include Kemp's report, "History and Restoration Plan for the Milton Covered Bridge."

Kemp helped document and suggest the restoration plan for the Milton Covered Bridge over the Mud River in Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia in partnership with the West Virginia Division of Highways. This box focuses on studies of the Milton Covered Bridge and restoration plans for the bridge. It includes handwritten notes, reports, a floppy disk, photographic prints, photographic negatives, photographic contact sheets, engineering drawings, correspondence, clippings, calculations and lists of measurements, budget lists, contracts and minutes. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: photographic prints, maps, engineering drawings, correspondence, reports and clippings. Subjects include the Milton Covered Bridge in Milton, West Virginia; the Lower Mud River; the City of Milton, West Virginia; bridge restoration and repair; the relocation process for a bridge; bridge trusses; soil conservation and erosion; and flood controls for rivers. Highlights include the NRHP nomination form for the Milton Covered Bridge written by Kemp. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 11, Folder 10: six engineering drawings (1988-1997 and undated), three maps (1876 and undated), and ten sheets of clippings (1989-1999 and undated).

Kemp helped document and suggest the restoration plan for the Milton Covered Bridge over the Mud River in Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia in partnership with the West Virginia Division of Highways. The box includes his research and restoration plans, including reports, budget lists, handwritten calculations, computer print-outs, and correspondence. The box also includes the following facsimiles: engineering drawings, maps and photographic prints. Subjects include the Milton Covered Bridge in Milton, West Virginia; the Lower Mud River; the City of Milton, West Virginia, bridge restoration, trusses on bridges and environmental engineering. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 12, Folder 1: one engineering drawing (undated), five sheets of clippings (2002).