Maine State Archives
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The Maine State Archives is the official repository that preserves and provides access to the historical and governmental records of the state of Maine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maine State Archives canonical | 5 |
| State Archivist of Maine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1030604 — 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: Maine State Archives Context triple: [Maine State House, hasNearbyBuilding, Maine State Archives]
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A.
Maine State Library
The Maine State Library is the official state library of Maine, providing public access to collections, research resources, and library services for residents, government agencies, and libraries across the state.
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B.
Maine Historical Society
The Maine Historical Society is a statewide organization dedicated to preserving and sharing Maine’s history through museums, archives, educational programs, and stewardship of historic sites.
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C.
Massachusetts State Archives
The Massachusetts State Archives is the official repository preserving and providing access to the Commonwealth’s historical government records, including extensive colonial-era documents.
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D.
Maine State Museum
The Maine State Museum is the official state museum of Maine, showcasing the state's natural history, cultural heritage, and industrial past through extensive exhibits and collections.
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E.
Maine Bureau of General Services
The Maine Bureau of General Services is a state agency responsible for managing and maintaining government facilities and related support services in Maine.
- 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: Maine State Archives Target entity description: The Maine State Archives is the official repository that preserves and provides access to the historical and governmental records of the state of Maine.
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A.
Maine State Library
The Maine State Library is the official state library of Maine, providing public access to collections, research resources, and library services for residents, government agencies, and libraries across the state.
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B.
Maine Historical Society
The Maine Historical Society is a statewide organization dedicated to preserving and sharing Maine’s history through museums, archives, educational programs, and stewardship of historic sites.
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C.
Massachusetts State Archives
The Massachusetts State Archives is the official repository preserving and providing access to the Commonwealth’s historical government records, including extensive colonial-era documents.
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D.
Maine State Museum
The Maine State Museum is the official state museum of Maine, showcasing the state's natural history, cultural heritage, and industrial past through extensive exhibits and collections.
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E.
Maine Bureau of General Services
The Maine Bureau of General Services is a state agency responsible for managing and maintaining government facilities and related support services in Maine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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state archive ⓘ |
| archivesLevel | state level ⓘ |
| archivesType |
government records archive
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historical records archive ⓘ |
| collectionIncludes |
Maine census and tax records
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Maine constitutional documents ⓘ Maine court case files (selected) ⓘ Maine gubernatorial records ⓘ Maine land records and maps ⓘ Maine legislative bills and resolves ⓘ Maine maps and plans ⓘ Maine military records (historical) ⓘ Maine naturalization records (historical) ⓘ Maine photographs and audiovisual materials ⓘ Maine state agency records ⓘ Maine vital records (historical) ⓘ executive branch records of Maine ⓘ judicial records of Maine ⓘ legislative records of Maine ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| establishedFor |
preservation of permanent records of Maine state government
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public access to Maine’s documentary heritage ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
State of Maine
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linked to:
Maine
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| hasWebsite | https://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Augusta, Maine ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
State of Maine
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linked to:
Maine
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| locatedInBuilding | Cultural Building, Augusta ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| offersService |
on-site research room access
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online access to selected digital records ⓘ remote reference assistance ⓘ reproduction of archival materials ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
State of Maine
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linked to:
Maine
|
| parentOrganization |
Office of the Secretary of State of Maine
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linked to:
Maine Secretary of State
|
| partOf |
Maine Department of the Secretary of State
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linked to:
Maine Secretary of State
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| primaryFunction |
preservation of state government records
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providing public access to Maine government records ⓘ records management support for Maine state agencies ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
archival appraisal of Maine state records
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records retention schedules for Maine state agencies ⓘ reference services for researchers ⓘ storage of permanent Maine state records ⓘ |
| serves |
Maine state government agencies
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citizens of Maine ⓘ researchers and historians ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Maine state records access laws ⓘ |
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: Maine State Archives Description of subject: The Maine State Archives is the official repository that preserves and provides access to the historical and governmental records of the state of Maine.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.