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Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains research materials, including facsimile reports, facsimile book excerpts, facsimile engineering drawings, facsimile census listings, correspondence, book drafts, newsletters, articles and photographs. Subjects include manufacturing, Morgantown, mills, iron furnaces and historic places and engineering structures in West Virginia. Highlights include grant applications, correspondence and drafts of the book Recording West Virginia Industrial Heritage. The following oversize material was moved to Box 343: notes about the Census of Manufacturers.

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains research materials, including photographic prints, notes, correspondence, pamphlets, newsletters, reports, engineering drawings, clippings. Subjects include Marlinton Opera House restoration, Masonic Temple of Weston, Arthurdale, Halliehurst column restoration, Round Barn, Glenwood back porch restoration, Craik-Patton House, Paul D. Marshall & Associates, Inc., McGrew House, etc. The following oversize material was moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 2: The Pocahontas Times (December 1996), Map of Charleston and Beckley (undated), Two engineering drawings of Column Profile Detail (undated), Six engineering drawings of Round Barn structure (1994-1995), clipping "Raising the Roof" (1995), Historic Opera House sign (1981), Blueprint of Marlinton Opera House (undated), clipping "Marlinton Council approves" (1998), Newspaper on McGrew House (1996), Two maps of New River Gorge (undated).

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box includes his research materials, including facsimile book excerpt, grant application material, research, student research notes, diagrams, photos of industrial homes, correspondence, etc. Subjects include milling, the Industrial Revolution in West Virginia, industrial archaeology, Martinsburg, Morgantown, etc. Highlights include handwritten and typed notes about historical references, arranged by West Virginia county. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 4: Notes for counties (1897-1908), Handwritten notes (undated), engineering drawings (1924), 3 panoramic photographs (undated), 3 maps (undated), 3 mill lists (undated), 4 clippings (1986-1989), and a facsimile letter (December 1893).

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box includes his research materials, including maps, handwritten notes, gazetteers, facsimile reports, pamphlets, correspondence, etc. Subjects include industry in Wheeling, West Virginia, Wheeling history, industrial archaeology sites in West Virginia and iron furnaces. Highlights include a History Survey of Nitro, West Virginia. The following item was moved to Box 342: Facsimile clipping (1969).