The diary is arranged by interview and visit. John Marshall is an associate director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Division. The program is concerned with history, philosophy, linguistics and the arts. Grants are organized into intercultural studies, humanistic research, the arts and special projects. Marshall takes a trip to the Near East from 10 March-16April 1956 to survey teaching English in Cairo and American studies abroad. In the United States, he takes a trip to Oak Ridge, Tennessee and gives his impressions and recommendations of the Oak Ridge Arts Council. Marshall also attends the ACLS Commission on the Humanities in Worchester, Massachusetts.