Resettlement Administration

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The Resettlement Administration was a New Deal U.S. federal agency that relocated struggling rural families, developed planned communities, and implemented land conservation and rehabilitation projects during the Great Depression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal agency
United States federal agency
appliesToJurisdiction United States
authorizedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
country United States
criticizedFor perceived social engineering
director Rexford G. Tugwell
dissolved 1937
employer Dorothea Lange
Gordon Parks
Walker Evans
fieldOfWork agricultural policy
rural development
social welfare policy
follows Federal Emergency Relief Administration rural programs
fundedBy federal government of the United States
hasActivity construction of model communities
cooperative farm projects
creating greenbelt towns
purchasing submarginal farmland
relief for Dust Bowl migrants
resettling farm families onto more productive land
rural rehabilitation loans
soil conservation projects
hasPart Historical Section (photography unit)
Land Utilization Division
Rural Rehabilitation Division
Suburban Resettlement Division
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1935
legalBasis executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
legislativeContext New Deal
mainPurpose aid to farmers during the Great Depression
development of planned communities
land conservation
land rehabilitation
relocation of struggling rural families
namedAfter resettlement of rural families
opposedBy conservative members of Congress
parentOrganization United States Department of Agriculture
partOf New Deal
replacedBy Farm Security Administration
significantEvent transfer of many functions to the Farm Security Administration in 1937
significantProject Dust Bowl migrant camps in California
Greenbelt, Maryland
Greendale, Wisconsin
Greenhills, Ohio
rural resettlement communities in the South
timePeriod Great Depression

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Farm Security Administration photographers employer Farm Security Administration
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Farm Security Administration photographers partOf Farm Security Administration
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Farm Security Administration photographers partOf Resettlement Administration photography project
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Resettlement Administration replacedBy Farm Security Administration
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Resettlement Administration significantProject Dust Bowl migrant camps in California
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Resettlement Administration hasPart Rural Rehabilitation Division
linked to: Resettlement Administration
Resettlement Administration hasPart Suburban Resettlement Division
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Gordon Parks employer Farm Security Administration
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John Vachon employer Farm Security Administration
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Roy Stryker employer Farm Security Administration
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Roy Stryker employer Resettlement Administration
Roy Stryker notableWork Resettlement Administration photography project
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Roy Stryker partOf Farm Security Administration
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Roy Stryker partOf Resettlement Administration
Dorothea Lange employer Farm Security Administration
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Arthur Rothstein employer Farm Security Administration
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Lee Russell employer Farm Security Administration
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Greenbelt, Maryland developedUnder Resettlement Administration
Greendale, Wisconsin developedBy Resettlement Administration
Historical Section (photography unit) mainSubject New Deal resettlement efforts
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Land Utilization Division operatedBy Resettlement Administration
Land Utilization Division partOf Resettlement Administration
Land Utilization Division partOfProgram New Deal resettlement initiatives
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Land Utilization Division relatedTo Resettlement Administration
Land Utilization Division relatedTo Farm Security Administration
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Greenhills, Ohio federalDesignProgram Resettlement Administration greenbelt town program
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Greenhills, Ohio planningAgency Resettlement Administration
Theodor Jung employer Resettlement Administration
Theodor Jung participatedIn Resettlement Administration documentary project
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Marion Post Wolcott employer Resettlement Administration
Roy Emerson Stryker employer Resettlement Administration
Roy Emerson Stryker partOf Resettlement Administration photography program
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Farm Security Administration photographs inception Resettlement Administration photography project
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Great Depression documentation projects hasPart Resettlement Administration photography project
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Great Depression documentation projects employer Resettlement Administration
Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn employer Resettlement Administration
Greenbelt Historic District developer Resettlement Administration
Greenbelt Town developer Resettlement Administration
U.S. federal greenbelt towns coordinatedBy Resettlement Administration
Jersey Homesteads mural commissionedUnder Resettlement Administration
Farm Security Administration predecessor Resettlement Administration
Farm Security Administration replaces Resettlement Administration