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West Virginia Industrial Archaeology Book, 1869, 1981-1998 (Includes facsimiles)

 File — Box: 72

Scope and Contents

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state’s industrial history. This box contains research materials, including photographic prints, notes, correspondence, pamphlets, newsletters, reports, engineering drawings, clippings. Subjects include Marlinton Opera House restoration, Masonic Temple of Weston, Arthurdale, Halliehurst column restoration, Round Barn, Glenwood back porch restoration, Craik-Patton House, Paul D. Marshall & Associates, Inc., McGrew House, etc. The following oversize material was moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 3, Folder 2: The Pocahontas Times (December 1996), Map of Charleston and Beckley (undated), Two engineering drawings of Column Profile Detail (undated), Six engineering drawings of Round Barn structure (1994-1995), clipping “Raising the Roof” (1995), Historic Opera House sign (1981), Blueprint of Marlinton Opera House (undated), clipping “Marlinton Council approves” (1998), Newspaper on McGrew House (1996), Two maps of New River Gorge (undated).

Dates

  • Creation: 1869, 1981-1998 (Includes facsimiles)

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

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