Organized according to interview and visit, Vincent talks to various professionals in the field of public health and discusses projects and proposals. As President of the Rockefeller Foundation he steers the focus toward supporting the war effort and making the world a better place through public health funding. The 1917 diary includes the China Medical Board developing a comprehensive medical system in China, the International Health Board focusing on preventive medicine, and camp and community plans for the welfare of American soldiers. Includes Memorandum to Members of the Executive Committee. Washington Interviews, May 26, 1917; and Memorandum of an interview with M. Hovelacque, A Member of the French Commission, at the Plaza Hotel, Made Tuesday, May 29, 1917.
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The grants, visits and interviews with professionals in the field of medical education focus on development of programs to assistance with medical education outside of the United States and China, emergency work in Europe and surveys of medical schools in Britain.
Summary of conferences related to the 1923 diary.
Organized according to interview and visit, Stevens discusses projects and proposals with various professionals in the humanities. The Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities mission is to support general research, advance the training of personnel and promote projects of international significance. He travels Europe assessing grant and project proposals.
Organized according to interview and visit, Stevens discusses projects and proposals with various professionals in the humanities. The focus of the Rockefeller Foundation's work in the humanities has changed from research interests of scholars to a greater concentration of cultural diffusion aimed at the general public with grants for museums, drama, film and radio. Internationally, areas of program concentration included cultural interchange through libraries, development of understanding with the Far East, and the improvement of international communication.
Organized according to interview and visit, Stevens discusses projects and proposals with various professionals in the humanities. The Humanities program is to affect contemporary culture and the general public appreciation of drama, film and radio. Internationally, the Humanities would exchange print materials and develop Far East studies programs.
The diary is arranged by interview and visit. John Marshall is an assistant director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Division. The program focuses on creating a greater means of cultural diffusion. Grants were primarily made to museums, drama, film and radio. In this diary Marshall travels to London to survey education in the arts, libraries, film and radio. He travels to France to report on current developments in radio broadcasting and attends the Intergovernmental Conference to Conclude a Convention on Broadcasting in the Interest of Peace at the League of Nations in Geneva. The Worldwide Broadcasting Foundation's experiment in developing radio program of cultural and education value with the W1XAL radio station is detailed as well.
The diary is arranged by interview and visit. John Marshall is an assistant director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Division. The program focuses on creating a greater means of cultural diffusion. In the United States grants were made to museums, drama, film and radio. This diary includes information on humanities in the field of education and discusses various educational broadcasting programs with universities, NBC, CBS and other organizations. Marshall travels to the Midwest to survey University of Minneapolis' Visual Education Department and various educational broadcasting university programs and local broadcasting organizations.
Organized according to interview and visit, Stevens discusses projects and proposals with various professionals in the humanities. The Humanities program is to affect contemporary culture and the general public appreciation of drama, film and radio. Internationally, the Humanities would exchange print materials and develop Far East studies programs. The program's work with libraries is chiefly of an international character and is concerned with projects aiming to promote the exchange of bibliographical and source materials.
The diary is arranged by interview and visit. John Marshall is an assistant director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Division. The program focuses on the democratization of culture and the improvement of international communication through grants made to museums, drama, film and radio. In this diary Marshall travels to Europe to explore library activities and survey film and radio projects as well as surveys the relations of World Wide Broadcasting Foundation, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.