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Kemp researched the bridges of Richard B. Osborne, a bridge engineer in Pennsylvania, as part of a paper he gave for the Society for Industrial Archaeology Meeting in 1986 and an article in the journal Industrial Archaeology. Kemp also helped design a bridge replica for the National Museum of American History. The box includes drafts of the essay, clippings, facsimile book excerpts, facsimile and original engineering drawings, student papers, calculations, data lists, facsimile and original photographs, and research notes. Subjects include the Reading-Halls Station Bridge near Muncy, Pennsylvania; the Sunderland Bridge near Deerfield, Massachusetts; the West Manayuk Bridge near Manayuk, Pennsylvania; the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company (later called the Reading Railway); Pottsville, Pennsylvania; the iron truss bridges; other truss bridges; and the process of conducting research on Richard B. Osborne. Highlights include a HAER report on the Reading-Halls Station Bridge near Muncy, Pennsylvania. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 7, Folder 1: 2,013 facsimile pages of diary (1851-1881), 8 engineering drawings (1981-1985 and undated).

Kemp collected the records of the United States Senate and House of Representatives as they worked on the Rivers and Harbors Acts. This box contains bound copies from the United States Congressional Series Set from the 22nd - 52nd Congressional sessions. Subjects include canals, the Red River, the Mississippi River, and harbors in Milwaukee and New England.

Kemp collected the records of the United States Senate and House of Representatives as they worked on the Rivers and Harbors Acts. This box contains bound copies of the United States Congressional Series Set from the 20th-56th Congressional sessions. Subjects include canals (especially the C&O Canal), rivers (especially the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers), and improvements to harbors and roads in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, New York, Texas, and Washington.

The IHTIA and Vandalia Heritage Foundation created a report on revitalizing the B&O Railroad Main Stem in 2004. The box contains their preparation, including facsimile book excerpts, studies, reports, facsimile photos, articles, facsimile diagrams and maps, and facsimile ephemera. Subjects include the B&O railroad, its surrounding industrial archaeology, and archival management best practices. Highlights include a Historic Landmark nomination forms for the B&O Railroad Martinsburg Shops and facsimile train orders. This document case was originally formatted as two binders.

Kemp researched federal infrastructure projects along West Virginia rivers. The box contains facsimile excerpts from the United States Congressional Series Set, primarily reports to Congress from the United States Secretary of War and the United States Army Chief of Engineers. Subjects include the Rivers and Harbors Act, harnessing water power, improving infrastructure along the Ohio River, the locks and dam along the Great Kanawha River, the James River and Kanawha Canal, the New River, the Greenbrier River, the Elk River, the Gauley River, the Monongahela River, and the Little Kanawha River.