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Kemp researched canals. The box includes pamphlets, memorandums, facsimile articles, magazine excerpts, HAER report, correspondence, diagrams, photos, and a book. Subjects include canals in New York, Pennsylvania, and Atlantic Sea Coast. Subjects also include the C&O Canal's Conococheague Creek Aqueduct in Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland; the Schuylkill Navigation Company Lock #39; New York locks; pioneer boats; and transportation on the Upper James River. The following oversize materials were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 4, Folder 4: four pamphlets (1983 and undated), five maps (1978-1998 and undated), eight sheets of clippings (undated).

Kemp and the IHTIA consulted on a number of restoration projects. This box contains materials from the Ross Hatfield House and Garage renovation in Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia (1999); the move of the Putnam-Houser House ("Maple Shade") from Belpre, Washington County, Ohio to Blennerhassett Historical Park on Blennerhassett Island in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia (1986); restoration of the McFarland-Hubbard House in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia (1999); exhibit development at the Intermodal Transportation Center in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia (undated); the Basque Ship investigation in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (1999); the development of the National Bridge Museum and Research Center in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia (1998); lighting for the Wheeling Suspension Bridge (1996-1997); the rehabilitation of the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California (1982); and a survey of the Mowersville Road Bridge in Mowersville, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (1998). The box includes notes, clippings, correspondence, newsletters, reports, edited drafts of reports, photographic slides, images of pigments, lists of contacts, programs for events, budget lists, journal articles, transparencies, bibliographies, and photographic prints. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: engineering drawings, notes, clippings, correspondence, photographic prints, book excerpts, event programs and posters, budgets, maps, and illustrations. Subjects include the preservation of woods and metals, bridge preservation and restoration, historic house preservation and restoration, and the interpretation of historical industrial spaces. Each folder contains materials from a different consulting project. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 15, Folder 2: two engineering drawings (1996-1999).

Kemp collected materials on historical subjects. The box includes facsimile and original book excerpts, reports and clippings as well as original correspondence, floppy disk. Subjects include the Kanawha River, bridges, water towers, natural cement, and geared locomotives. Highlights include correspondence with Carol Stevens and Peter Jones. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 1, Folder 1: five engineering drawings (1792, 1927, 1994-2002, undated), and two maps (2002 and 2009).

Kemp collected publications for research for his projects. The box includes ABCs of Iron and Steel by A.O. Backet (1915), Historic Canals and Waterways of South Carolina by Robert Kapsch (2010) a Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Briefing Information report from the USACE, Mobile District (1983), and This box includes unbound editions of publications that Kemp used in his research for his projects. The box includes ABCs of Iron and Steel by A.O. Backet (1915), Historic Canals and Waterways of South Carolina by Robert Kapsch (2010) a Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Briefing Information report from the USACE, Mobile District (1983), and a study of American religion (1934).

Kemp collected materials on historical subjects. The box includes facsimile books and reports as well as original clippings, correspondence, photographs, book drafts, etc. Subjects include the Wheeling Custom House (also known as West Virginia Independence Hall), Bev Fluty, the Hardy Cross method, Kemp's Muskingum River book and canals of the United States. Highlights include the NRHP nomination for the High Level Bridge in Fairmont, West Virginia. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 1 , Folder 1: three engineering drawings (undated), 2) three pages of facsimile photographic prints from investigating old buildings (undated), nine pages of clippings (2013); and one map (2009).

Kemp consulted on the preservation of the Fairmont Pedestrian Bridge while working for A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates and restored the Alexander House as part of his business, Kemp Custom Building. Box includes correspondence, facsimile book excerpts, brochures, photographs, reports, clippings and newsletters. Subjects includes suspension bridges in the United States; the Alexander House; bridges of Edinburgh, Scotland; railroad structures and industrialization. The following oversized items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 7, Folder 5: one clipping (2007), one brochure (undated).

Kemp co-wrote the book Cement Mills along the Potomac River with Thomas F. Hahn. This box contains drafts of the book and his research. It includes the published book, book drafts, draft indexes, draft captions, correspondence, handwritten notes, articles, photographic prints, and floppy disks. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: land deeds, bibliographies, book excerpts, maps, and reports. Subjects include canals, especially the Erie Canal, C&;O Canal, and Alexandria Canal. Subjects also include the Shepherdstown Cement Mill in Shepherdstown, West Virginia; the Cumberland Hydraulic Cement and Manufacturing Company in Cumberland, Maryland; cement mills in general; the Portland cement industry in the United States; and natural cement. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: four clippings (1919) and seven sheets of deeds (1846-1866).

Kemp prepared figures to go into the book Cement Mills along the Potomac River that he co-wrote with Thomas F. Hahn. The box contains draft materials for these figures, comprised of photographs, illustrations, engineering drawings, maps and tables. The box includes photographic prints, photographic contact sheets, photographic negatives, illustrations, maps, tables, budget lists and handwritten notes. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: photographic prints, illustrations, and engineering drawings. Subjects include the Shepherdstown Cement Plant, other cement mills along the Potomac River, kilns, natural cement, and Portland cement.