The Haldeman Diaries
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The Haldeman Diaries is a published collection of White House chief of staff H. R. "Bob" Haldeman’s contemporaneous journal entries, offering an insider’s account of the Nixon administration and the Watergate era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Haldeman Diaries canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11576083 — 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: The Haldeman Diaries Context triple: [Bob Haldeman, authorOf, The Haldeman Diaries]
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A.
Spandau: The Secret Diaries
Spandau: The Secret Diaries is a memoir by former Nazi architect and minister Albert Speer, recounting his reflections and experiences during his imprisonment in Spandau Prison after World War II.
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B.
The Bedford Diaries
The Bedford Diaries is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana that follows the lives and relationships of college students enrolled in a provocative human sexuality seminar.
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C.
Breen diary
The Breen diary is a firsthand journal kept by Patrick Breen, a member of the Donner Party, that provides one of the most detailed contemporary accounts of the ill-fated expedition’s ordeal in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846–1847.
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D.
The Memorandum
The Memorandum is a satirical play by Czech writer and dissident Václav Havel that critiques bureaucracy and authoritarianism through the absurd introduction of an artificial office language.
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E.
The Hill
The Hill is a notable work associated with acclaimed American actor, director, and civil rights activist Ossie Davis.
- 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: The Haldeman Diaries Target entity description: The Haldeman Diaries is a published collection of White House chief of staff H. R. "Bob" Haldeman’s contemporaneous journal entries, offering an insider’s account of the Nixon administration and the Watergate era.
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A.
Spandau: The Secret Diaries
Spandau: The Secret Diaries is a memoir by former Nazi architect and minister Albert Speer, recounting his reflections and experiences during his imprisonment in Spandau Prison after World War II.
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B.
The Bedford Diaries
The Bedford Diaries is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana that follows the lives and relationships of college students enrolled in a provocative human sexuality seminar.
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C.
Breen diary
The Breen diary is a firsthand journal kept by Patrick Breen, a member of the Donner Party, that provides one of the most detailed contemporary accounts of the ill-fated expedition’s ordeal in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846–1847.
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D.
The Memorandum
The Memorandum is a satirical play by Czech writer and dissident Václav Havel that critiques bureaucracy and authoritarianism through the absurd introduction of an artificial office language.
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E.
The Hill
The Hill is a notable work associated with acclaimed American actor, director, and civil rights activist Ossie Davis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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diary ⓘ political memoir ⓘ |
| about |
H. R. Haldeman’s role as White House chief of staff
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executive power in the United States ⓘ presidential decision-making ⓘ |
| author |
H. R. Haldeman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Robbins Haldeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
crisis management during Watergate
ⓘ
events leading up to the Watergate scandal ⓘ inner workings of the Nixon White House ⓘ political strategy in the Nixon administration ⓘ |
| describedBySource | contemporaneous journal entries ⓘ |
| documents |
daily activities of the Nixon White House
ⓘ
political and legal fallout of Watergate ⓘ |
| documentsRoleOf | White House chief of staff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical document
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ political literature ⓘ |
| hasContributor | White House staff of Richard Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | yes ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | insider account of presidential administration ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | edited diary ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Richard Nixon administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States politics NERFINISHED ⓘ Watergate scandal NERFINISHED ⓘ White House operations ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| originalMedium | personal journals ⓘ |
| portrays |
Richard Nixon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
senior Nixon aides ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Nixon’s resignation
ⓘ
Watergate hearings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
All the President’s Men
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
White House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceType | primary source ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Nixon presidency
ⓘ
Watergate era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceIn |
biographies of Richard Nixon
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scholarship on the Nixon presidency ⓘ studies of the Watergate scandal ⓘ |
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Subject: The Haldeman Diaries Description of subject: The Haldeman Diaries is a published collection of White House chief of staff H. R. "Bob" Haldeman’s contemporaneous journal entries, offering an insider’s account of the Nixon administration and the Watergate era.
Referenced by (3)
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subject surface form:
Harry Robbins Haldeman