Historical Records Survey
E1726
The Historical Records Survey was a New Deal-era initiative that systematically inventoried and preserved local and state archival records across the United States.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Historical Records Survey canonical | 3 |
| WPA Historical Records Survey | 2 |
| Historic Sites Survey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6802 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Historical Records Survey Context triple: [Works Progress Administration, program, Historical Records Survey]
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A.
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society is a long-running scholarly journal that publishes monographic studies and research across a wide range of academic disciplines.
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B.
Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias
"Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias" is a section of Vannevar Bush’s essay "As We May Think" that envisions future, highly interconnected and dynamically organized knowledge systems beyond traditional printed encyclopedias.
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C.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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D.
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society is a long-running scholarly journal featuring research articles, historical studies, and papers presented under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society.
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E.
universal digital library
The universal digital library is a conceptual global repository aiming to provide seamless, searchable access to all recorded human knowledge in digital form.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Historical Records Survey Target entity description: The Historical Records Survey was a New Deal-era initiative that systematically inventoried and preserved local and state archival records across the United States.
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A.
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society is a long-running scholarly journal that publishes monographic studies and research across a wide range of academic disciplines.
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B.
Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias
"Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias" is a section of Vannevar Bush’s essay "As We May Think" that envisions future, highly interconnected and dynamically organized knowledge systems beyond traditional printed encyclopedias.
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C.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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D.
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society is a long-running scholarly journal featuring research articles, historical studies, and papers presented under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society.
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E.
Library of Congress Online Catalog
The Library of Congress Online Catalog is the digital search system that provides public access to the Library of Congress’s vast collections of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and other materials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Deal program
ⓘ
United States federal government project ⓘ archival survey project ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
HRS
ⓘ
Historical Records Survey ⓘ
surface form:
WPA Historical Records Survey
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1943 ⓘ |
| employerOf |
archivists
ⓘ
clerical workers ⓘ librarians ⓘ teachers ⓘ |
| field |
archival science
ⓘ
public history ⓘ records management ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| hasImpact |
creation of research tools for historians
ⓘ
development of modern archival standards in the United States ⓘ preservation of local government records ⓘ |
| historicalContext | New Deal ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Great Depression ⓘ |
| inception | 1935 ⓘ |
| location |
District of Columbia
ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ all U.S. states ⓘ |
| mainPurpose |
aid preservation of historical records
ⓘ
inventory church records ⓘ inventory local government records ⓘ inventory manuscript collections ⓘ inventory state government records ⓘ provide employment for jobless white-collar workers ⓘ |
| notableOutput |
American Imprints Inventory
ⓘ
church archives inventories ⓘ county archives inventories ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Works Progress Administration ⓘ |
| partOf |
Federal Writers’ Project
ⓘ
Works Progress Administration ⓘ |
| product |
guides to manuscript collections
ⓘ
historical source guides ⓘ inventories of church archives ⓘ inventories of county records ⓘ inventories of municipal records ⓘ |
| publicationFormat |
printed inventories
ⓘ
typescript reports ⓘ |
| reasonForEnd |
World War II mobilization
ⓘ
reduction of WPA funding ⓘ |
| sponsor | Works Progress Administration ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Historical Records Survey Description of subject: The Historical Records Survey was a New Deal-era initiative that systematically inventoried and preserved local and state archival records across the United States.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
WPA Historical Records Survey
this entity surface form:
Historic Sites Survey
subject surface form:
Historical Records Survey
this entity surface form:
WPA Historical Records Survey