Beginning in 1935, the Resettlement Administration made agricultural loans and offered farm and home management advice.
The town plat, filed in 1934, was approved by the Resettlement Administration in 1935.
This agricultural camp was considered a model, and was built by the Resettlement Administration.
In 1937 the Resettlement Administration took over the land and developed model farms used to demonstrate what could be achieved with correctly managed land.
The others were halted when the Resettlement Administration was dissolved in 1936.
The original includes an epilogue detailing the activities of the Resettlement Administration.
In 1935, when the agency began as the Resettlement Administration, 850,000 black farmers lived in the South.
The land was managed by the Resettlement Administration until 1939.
In the mid-1930's, the couple drove across the country, documenting rural life for the Resettlement Administration.
One result was the formation of a government agency, the Resettlement Administration, to carry out the new laws.