Farm Security Administration

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New Deal agency United States federal agency

The Farm Security Administration was a New Deal U.S. government agency that combated rural poverty during the Great Depression and became renowned for its influential documentary photography program.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Farm Security Administration canonical	32
Farm Security Administration photography project	1
Farm Security Administration photography unit	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2616520 — 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: Farm Security Administration
Context triple: [Greenhills, Ohio, successorPlanningAgency, Farm Security Administration]

A. Resettlement Administration
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.
B. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was a New Deal agency that provided direct relief and work relief to millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.
C. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was a New Deal agency that sought to raise agricultural prices and support farmers by reducing crop surpluses through government intervention and subsidies.
D. Federal Works Agency
The Federal Works Agency was a U.S. government agency created in 1939 to consolidate and oversee federal public works and construction programs, including major New Deal infrastructure projects.
E. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was a U.S. government agency created during the Great Depression to provide financial support to banks, industries, and public works in order to stabilize and stimulate the national economy.
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: Farm Security Administration
Target entity description: The Farm Security Administration was a New Deal U.S. government agency that combated rural poverty during the Great Depression and became renowned for its influential documentary photography program.

A. Resettlement Administration
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.
B. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was a New Deal agency that provided direct relief and work relief to millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.
C. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was a New Deal agency that sought to raise agricultural prices and support farmers by reducing crop surpluses through government intervention and subsidies.
D. Federal Works Agency
The Federal Works Agency was a U.S. government agency created in 1939 to consolidate and oversee federal public works and construction programs, including major New Deal infrastructure projects.
E. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was a U.S. government agency created during the Great Depression to provide financial support to banks, industries, and public works in order to stabilize and stimulate the national economy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal agency ⓘ United States federal agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	FSA ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
collectionHeldBy	Library of Congress ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	C. B. Baldwin ⓘ Will W. Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1946 ⓘ
employs	Arthur Rothstein ⓘ Ben Shahn ⓘ Carl Mydans ⓘ Dorothea Lange ⓘ Esther Bubley ⓘ Gordon Parks ⓘ Jack Delano ⓘ John Collier Jr. ⓘ John Vachon ⓘ Marion Post Wolcott ⓘ Roy Stryker ⓘ Russell Lee ⓘ Walker Evans ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasActivity	cooperative farm programs ⓘ documentary photography program ⓘ land conservation projects ⓘ operating migrant labor camps ⓘ
hasOutput	black-and-white documentary photographs ⓘ color photographs (later years) ⓘ
hasPart	Historical Section (photography unit) ⓘ surface form: Historical Section Information Division ⓘ photography unit ⓘ
hasPurpose	combating rural poverty ⓘ farm loans ⓘ improving living conditions of poor farmers ⓘ resettlement of displaced farm families ⓘ rural rehabilitation ⓘ tenant purchase loans ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1937 ⓘ
legalBasis	Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 ⓘ surface form: Bankhead–Jones Farm Tenant Act
notableFor	documentary photography of the Great Depression ⓘ influential photojournalism ⓘ photographic documentation of rural America ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
partOf	New Deal ⓘ
predecessor	Resettlement Administration ⓘ
replacedBy	Farmers Home Administration ⓘ
replaces	Resettlement Administration ⓘ
timePeriod	Great Depression ⓘ World War II era ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greenhills, Ohio → successorPlanningAgency → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Walker Evans → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Ben Shahn → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Russell Lee → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Carl Mydans → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Jack Delano → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Jack Delano → affiliatedWith → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Farm Security Administration photography project

John Ferrell → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Edwin Rosskam → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Edwin Rosskam → associatedWith → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Farm Security Administration photography unit

Paul Carter → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Paul Carter → affiliation → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Theodor Jung → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Esther Bubley → workedFor → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Marion Post Wolcott → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Martha McMillan Roberts → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Gordon Parks

Penny Vachon → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: John Vachon

Roy Emerson Stryker → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Migrant Mother → publisher → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Migrant Mother → commissionedBy → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Farm Security Administration photographs → partOf → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Farm Security Administration photographs → commissionedBy → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Rothstein → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Arthur Rothstein

Oklahoma dust storm photograph → publisher → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Oklahoma dust storm photograph → commissionedBy → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Great Depression documentation projects → administeredBy → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Great Depression documentation projects → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 → authorizedAgency → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

U.S. federal greenbelt towns → coordinatedBy → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Bernarda Bryson Shahn → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

Jacob Ovcharov → employer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Jack Delano

Jacob Ovcharov → hasNotableEmployer → Farm Security Administration ⓘ