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Report / WCH-344 / 2026

Provenance Uncertainty in Long-Lived Institutional Archives

Lena Moravec · Claire Osei · Maya Ellison

ABSTRACT

A practical framework distinguishes missing provenance, contradictory provenance, reclassification, and unresolved acquisition history in long-lived scientific collections.