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Kemp co-wrote the book Cement Mills along the Potomac River with Thomas F. Hahn. This box contains drafts of the book and his research. It includes the published book, book drafts, draft indexes, draft captions, correspondence, handwritten notes, articles, photographic prints, and floppy disks. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: land deeds, bibliographies, book excerpts, maps, and reports. Subjects include canals, especially the Erie Canal, C&;O Canal, and Alexandria Canal. Subjects also include the Shepherdstown Cement Mill in Shepherdstown, West Virginia; the Cumberland Hydraulic Cement and Manufacturing Company in Cumberland, Maryland; cement mills in general; the Portland cement industry in the United States; and natural cement. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: four clippings (1919) and seven sheets of deeds (1846-1866).

Kemp consulted with Brown Carlisle on an historical engineering study of the Monongahela River navigational system in 1998. This box contains research materials, including facsimile reports, maps, engineering drawings, conference proceedings and photos, bound copies of the United States Congressional Series Set, and project proposals. Subjects include the Monongahela River Navigation System, locks and dams, and engineering and construction on the Monongahela River. The following oversize materials were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 9: 1) eight maps (1887, 1910, 1996), 10 sheets of engineering drawings (circa 1930-1939, 1996).

Kemp wrote the book, Taming the Muskingum about navigation on the Muskingum River in Ohio. This box contains his research materials, including photographic prints and negatives, compact discs, photo indices, facsimile photos, maps, diagrams, illustrations, and river flow/traffic data. Subjects include the Muskingum River, its locks and dams, a lockmaster's house on the Muskingum River, structural repairs, boat passageways, bridges, etc. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 1: approximately 150 sheets of a report (1977), ten photographic prints (1824-1913), and two photographic negatives (undated).

Kemp wrote the book, Taming the Muskingum about navigation on the Muskingum River in Ohio. The box contains research materials, mostly facsimiles and some handwritten notes by Larry Sypolt. Formats include maps, articles, correspondence, dam specifications, reports, funds, clippings, project proposals, etc. Subjects include the Muskingum River and federal projects in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, canals, flood relief, Dover, Atwood, Beach City and Clendening Dams.

Kemp co-wrote the book Cement Mills along the Potomac River with Thomas F. Hahn. The box includes preparation for the book, such as documents from the research process and studies of structures built with natural cement. The box includes correspondence, essay drafts, clippings, brochures, handwritten notes, curriculum vitae, magazines, photographic prints, engineering drawings, and reports. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: clippings, handwritten notes, photographic prints, correspondence, drawings, engineering drawings, maps, photographic prints and book excerpts. Subjects include the natural cement industry; mills along the Potomac Valley; limes; concretes; hydraulic mortar and lime; the Alexandria Canal; Maskell C. Ewing; William Turbull; cement kilns; the history of Shepherdstown, West Virginia; the Shepherdstown Cement Mill in Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Saylor Park Cement Industry Museum in Coplay, Pennsylvania; and the C&O Canal. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 13, Folder 2: 1 brochure (undated), 1 map (undated), and three sheets of clippings (1985).

Kemp maintained research files on bridges and engineering. The box includes facsimile book excerpts and facsimile engineering drawings. Subjects include railroad bridges, truss bridges, historic structures, the history of civil engineering and mechanics.

Kemp worked with Paul D. Marshall & Associates, Inc. to document and suggest restoration of the Friendship House in Washington, D.C. and Hubbard House in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia. The box also includes Kemp's research materials. The box includes reports, notes, pamphlets, and student papers. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: engineering drawings, book excerpts, and correspondence. Subjects include the Wheeling Custom House (also known as West Virginia Independence Hall) in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia; Saint Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; Roman aqueducts; other ancient aqueducts; and other ancient aqueduct systems (it appears that Paul D. Marshall & Associates, Inc. did not study Roman hydraulics, and therefore the materials from Paul D. Marshall & Associates, Inc. are not related to the research on Roman hydraulics). Highlights include a facsimile NRHP nomination for the United States Custom House at Norfolk.

Kemp co-wrote and edited the compendium, American Bridge Patents: The First Century (1790-1890). This box includes draft and research materials for the book, as well as research on other bridges. The box includes draft sections of the book, grant proposals, correspondence, articles, HAER reports, budget lists, photographs, contact sheets and slides. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: photographs, engineering drawings and patent applications. Subjects include the early patenting process for bridges; railroad bridges; suspension bridges; bridges of Ohio and Pennsylvania; fink truss bridges; the Zoarville Station Bridge in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; truss frames of bridges; iron girders; and publishing the survey of early bridge patents. Highlights include a pamphlet The Repertory of Patent Inventions written in 1828. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: eight sheets of engineering drawings (1992).

Kemp collected drawings and card-mounted photographs as pictorial reference for research. Subjects include structures from Europe and the United States, including bridges, railroad bridges, canals, cathedrals, lighthouses, mills, rivers, and turpentine distillery. The Antietam mills, B&O Railroad, Erie Canal, Menai Strait, Schuylkill River, Susquehanna River, the city of Conway, Wales and the city of Wheeling, West Virginia each appear in multiple drawings.