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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 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, 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 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 garnered support for the restoration of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge along with Beverly Fluty. He also consulted on the plans for restoring the bridge along with the consulting firm Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendorf (now HNTB). The box includes his correspondence, draft handwritten reports, handwritten calculations, meeting minutes, contracts and clippings. It also includes facsimile clippings and letters. Subjects include trusses and anchorage on bridges; testing the chemical composition of metallic bridges and tensile testing on bridges; wrought iron; the Wheeling Suspension Bridge's construction; its status as a National Historic Landmark; and revitalizing Wheeling, West Virginia. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 10, Folder 6: 36 sheets of newspaper (1847-1856, 1978-1983) and 1 chart (undated).

Kemp consulted on the restoration of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in the late 1990s in conjunction with A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates. The box includes work from the restoration, including restoration project proposals, budget lists, correspondence, engineering drawings, photographic prints, facsimile and original handwritten notes, and clippings. Subjects include the restoration of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia; cables across the bridge; the bridge's paint colors; photographing the bridge restoration; a film about the Wheeling Suspension Bridge; the construction crew; the bridge's collapse; the Ohio River; and the National Road. Highlights include a sample of the paint used on the bridge (unclear if it's a sample of the original paint or the paint used for the restoration), and the script for the film, "The Wheeling Suspension Bridge: Monument to the Age of Innovation and Expansion." The following oversized items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 10, Folder 7: 4 brochures (1996-1998 and undated), 36 sheets engineering drawings (1979-1998), and 5 sheets newspapers (1997-1999).

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 wrote the book The Wheeling Suspension Bridge: A Pictorial Heritage with Beverly Fluty. The box includes drafts of the text and captions in the book, correspondence, photographs and floppy disks. The box includes facsimiles of the following: clippings, photographic prints, contact sheets, drawings and engineering drawings. Subjects include Wheeling, West Virginia; the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia; Charles Ellet Jr.; suspension bridges of the Ohio Valley; the Wheeling Custom House (also known as West Virginia Independence Hall) in Wheeling, West Virginia; and the Museum of the Oglebay Institute in Wheeling, West Virginia. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 10, Folder 4: two engineering drawings (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.