Collections : [West Virginia and Regional History Center]

Kemp researched Ohio canal commissioners for his publications and restoration projects. Contains facsimile index sheets, maps, government reports and court hearings. Subjects include canals, Ohio canals, Ohio public works, the Miami Conservancy District, etc. Organizations include the Board of Canal Commissioners for the Ohio Canal and the Board of Public Works of Ohio.

Kemp conducted research on canals. The box includes pamphlets, a postcard, a ticket, lecture notices, and bound copies of the United States Congressional Series Set. Subjects include canals, boats, dams, rivers, lock tender houses, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Canada and West Virginia. The following oversize items have been moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 4, Folder 3: Fifty-four pamphlets (1971-1999 and undated), one map (undated), three newspapers (1975-1982).

Kemp conducted research on canals. The box includes facsimile maps, magazines, pamphlets, and a letter to Kemp from the American Canal Society and additional correspondence. It includes an Outlet Locks Restoration Study and Site Analysis and Mitigation Plan for the Delaware & Raritan (D&R) Canal. The box also includes USACE Cultural Resource Survey on Lockhaven and Lockport, the International Canal Monuments List, clippings, book on Thames & Severn Canal, etc. The following items have been moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 4, Folder 3: eight engineering drawings (1980-1990, undated) and one clipping (1979).

Contains materials related to Kemp's book Canal Terminology of the United States (co-written with Kemp's student and colleague, Thomas F. Hahn): correspondence, book draft, contracts, photographs and facsimile book excerpts. Subjects include boats, canals and the book. The following oversize materials were moved to Box 343: Two photographs (undated).