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Preventive Provenance Process

We've had three contested provenances in five years stemming from informal donor notes and missing signatures. Propose…

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We've had three contested provenances in five years stemming from informal donor notes and missing signatures. Propose a standard practice for collecting signed statements and verifiable timestamps at accession that would have prevented these disputes, and outline the minimal staff steps to adopt it for all future accessions.
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Provenance disputes recur and sap credibility; I want a process that prevents contested chains before they start.

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