Donated for Exhibit Research and Display

Containers:
Box 346
Scope and content:

Kemp donated materials as background research for the West Virginia and Regional History Center exhibit, "The Structure of History: Celebrating Industrial Heritage and Preservation in the Emory L. Kemp Collection." He also donated materials he felt could be displayed in the exhibit. The box includes brochures, books, magazine clippings, a facsimile magazine clipping, and a photographic print in a frame. Subjects include bridges of West Virginia and Pennsylvania and Dr. Emory Kemp. Highlights include a piece of the original wire from the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, and a brochure about the IHTIA. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 15, Folder 5: forty-six engineering drawings (1992-1997), four drawings (1990 and undated), and one poster (1849).

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Parent restrictions:

All or part of this collection is stored offsite. Please make an appointment prior to visiting.

Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

Parent terms of access:
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.