Helical Staircases, Concrete, Water Towers and Miscellaneous, 1880-1881, 1964-1984, undated (includes facsimiles)

Kemp studied helical stairs, water towers and concrete, and he published papers on concrete structures and curved beams on elastic supports. This box includes journal articles, dissertations, and Kemp’s essays. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: interview transcripts, lists of mills, journal articles, and essays. Subjects include the mathematics underlying helical stairs, water towers, and concrete; and life in Webster and Calhoun Counties, West Virginia in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: 20 sheets of computer print-out calculations and graphs (1977).