Small Flow,, 2004 - 2010

File — Multiple Containers

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: Collection contains publications, administrative files, personal files, correspondence, and resource materials from Dr. Michael Smolen. The materials in this collection cover water quality education, protection, and preservation. A large portion of the collection is devoted to resource materials. Research and projects dealing with the Illinois River in Oklahoma and Arkansas are an important part of the collection. There are many resources devoted to educating the public on the necessity to care for water and how to help with protecting the environment. Major topics include animal waste, pesticides, riparian protection and wellhead protection among many related subjects. Information on any topic will be found throughout the collection from administrative files through the numerous publications. A strong emphasis is placed on education through 4-H, Blue Thumb, workshops for farmers, ranchers, and national conferences.

Dates

2004 - 2010

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Oklahoma Open Records Act (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/lawinfo/docs/2006-LibraryLaws-PartE.pdf), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Oklahoma State University Libraries assumes no responsibility.