| Date | Event |
|---|
| April 30, 1935 | Resettlement Administration (RA) formed as independent agency by Executive Order 7027. |
| July 10, 1935 | Roy E. Stryker becomes chief of Historical Section, Division of Information, RA. |
| January 1, 1937 | RA incorporated into Department of Agriculture through Executive Order 7530 (December 31, 1936). |
| September 1, 1937 | Farm Security Administration (FSA) takes over most RA activities in accordance with Secretary of Agriculture, Memorandum No. 732. |
| October 1, 1942 | Historical Section transferred from Department of Agriculture and established as Division of Photography, Bureau of Publications and Graphics, Domestic Operations Branch, Office of War Information (OWI). |
| January 1943 | Paul Vanderbilt officially begins implementing reorganization scheme for FSA-OWI photo file. |
| May 1943 | Files, staff, and equipment of OWI photographic units consolidated and combined with photographic unit of Office for Emergency Management, creating Division of Photography, News Bureau, Domestic Operations Branch, OWI. Stryker continues as division chief. |
| October 1, 1943 | Stryker resigns. Later begins work with Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). |
| October 1943 | FSA-OWI photo files put under control of Overseas Operations Branch, OWI, and unit renamed Washington Section, Overseas Picture Division. |
| January 14, 1944 | Elmer Davis, director of OWI, officially transfers all files, equipment, and staff of Washington Section to Library of Congress (LC), although materials remain in Auditor's Building and staff on OWI payroll. |
| February 2, 1944 | Vanderbilt appointed Washington Section liaison with Library. |
| March 15, 1946 | LC Photographic Section moved to main Library of Congress building. |
