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      "To Have and to Hold”: Parsing the Legal Framework of the Hungerford Deed

      • Date: May 12, 2020
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Now that we know more about the Hungerford Deed, dive in with us as we seek to understand its legal framework and context.

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    3. Black and white high school yearbook picture of Marie Louise Clogher.

      Forging a Legal Path: Marie Malaro

      • Date: September 18, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Marie Malaro, 1933-2018, entered law in 1957 when few women were admitted to the bar, and then taught generations of museum professionals how law and ethics applied to their work every day.

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    5. A gray line drawing on a white field depicts four views of a box: at top left, a view from above showing the document and a support tube in the lower tray of the box; at bottom left, a cross-section view of the same; at top right, a cross-section view of the box lid, showing a pressure plate occupying the lower two-thirds of the lid; at bottom right, a view from below of the same, looking up into the lid and showing an area removed from the pressure plate to avoid damaging the wax seal.

      Happy birthday, Hungerford Deed!

      • Date: July 28, 2020
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Join us for a celebration of the Hungerford Deed on its 233rd birthday.

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    7. A group of men and women surround a table in a glass-walled room, listening to a man in a blue shirt describe a parchment document visible on the table in front of him.

      A Tale of Three Contracts

      • Date: September 5, 2019
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: An exciting new accession sheds light on James Smithson’s family history and fortune.

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    9. The top half of a yellowed parchment sheet is shown, covered densely with dark brown ink. A passage is highlighted in yellow, reading “She the said Henrietta Maria Walker by virtue and in pursuance of the Power and Authority reserved and given to her in and by the said recited Indenture of Release and Settlement of the thirteenth of July One thousand seven hundred and sixty nine and of all and every other Power and Powers Authority and Authorities to her belonging in her vested”.

      Enduring Mysteries of the Hungerford Deed

      • Date: December 3, 2020
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Much has been learned and uncovered about the Hungerford Deed—but what is still out there to learn? Dig in with us to explore a few of these unanswered questions!

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      “Dependent upon the Kindness of Strangers”: Volunteers and the Smithsonian

      • Date: April 10, 2012
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: An overview of the contributions volunteers have made at the Archives and across the Smithsonian.

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    13. An L-shaped stacked stone and mortar house with a slate roof and white-painted sash windows sits amidst a grassy expanse. A lichen-covered stacked stone wall separates the front garden from pastureland.

      Walking in the Footsteps of Hungerfords

      • Date: September 15, 2022
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Readers of The Bigger Picture will be familiar with the Hungerford Deed, a 1787 property contract dividing a lucrative land inheritance between the mother and aunt of the Smithsonian’s founding donor, James Smithson. Over the last three years I have been able to take a deep dive into the content of the Deed and strengthen our understanding of Smithson’s choice to leave his

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    15. Slight damage on a piece of paper. There is a section of brown, dotted coloring on the parchment.

      I.D. This! Parchment

      • Date: November 21, 2019
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: For the next installment in our I.D. This! series, learn about parchment and how we identify it in our collections.

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    17. Screenshot of the Archives' new website pointing out our History Section.

      Welcome to Smithsonian History on Our New Website!

      • Date: October 18, 2011
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    19. Example of the previous Archives Site Search results page.

      You Asked, We Listened: Introducing the Archives New Site Search

      • Date: September 23, 2014
      • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
      • Description: The Smithsonian Archives is pleased to present it’s new site search functionality.

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    21. A close-up view of a parchment sheet, covered closely with black ink writing. A passage is highlighted in yellow, “Estate at Studley and Calne and other Places in the County of Wilts[hire].”

      Tracing Inheritance in the Hungerford Deed

      • Date: September 24, 2020
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: The Hungerford Deed split an inherited estate between two sisters—but what do we know about those properties? We’ve dug deep into one of them here.

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      Records and Information Management Month: The Registrar

      • Date: April 23, 2010
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Did you know that April is Records and Information Management Month? What is records and information management? Glad you asked! [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Dan Brown Books, by Federico Filacchione, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] Information is collected data, thoughts, ideas, or memories. Records are documents that contain information

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