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Donated for Exhibit Research and Display, 1849, 2006-2017, undated, bulk: Bulk, 2006–2017

 File — Box: 346

Scope and Contents

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).

Dates

  • Creation: 1849, 2006-2017, undated
  • Creation: Majority of material found within Bulk, 2006–2017

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

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