NEH Division of Research Grants - Draft Guidelines for Research Tools

File — Box: 3, Folder: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: Collection contains manuscript and audio recordings collected by James Renner for his masters’ thesis (Geographic Implications of the Fiddling Tradition in Oklahoma, OSU 1979) describing Oklahoma fiddlers, their background and style.

Dates

1976 - 1977

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.