West Virginia Coal and Coke

Containers:

Box 234

Scope and content:

Kemp researched and reported on the history of coal and coke, eventually consulting on the restoration of the Kaymoor Coal Mine Complex (also sometimes called "Kay Moor Mine") and giving a paper on coke production at the SIA's 1974 conference. The box contains his research materials, including reports, report drafts, handwritten notes, brochures, student papers, essays, essay outlines, clippings, handwritten drafts, bibliographies, and correspondence. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: maps, handwritten notes, book excerpts, correspondence, oral histories, photographic prints, and engineering drawings. Subjects include preservation of the New River Gorge National Park in Glen Jean, West Virginia; the history and preservation of the Kaymoor Coal Mine in Fayetteville, West Virginia; Fayette County, West Virginia; the history of the coking and coal mining industries in West Virginia; the history of coal, coke, and iron history in general; preserving industrial sites; and SIA. Highlights include HAER reports of the Kaymoor Coal Mine and Kemp's essay, "Beehive-Oven Coking Operation at Bretz, West Virginia." The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 12, Folder 6: one brochure (undated), four clippings (1974-1982).

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