The diary is arranged by interview and visit. John Marshall is an associate director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Division. The Humanities Program focus is to stimulate cultural growth by increasing aid to interpretative studies of recent studies, assist American studies in other countries, and grants in creative writing, music and the other arts. Marshall takes a trip to the Near East to survey Arab studies, Language and translation projects. The diary includes reports on Egypt and Iraq's current political climate.

The diary is arranged by interview and visit. John Marshall is an associate director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Division. The Humanities Program focus is to stimulate cultural growth by increasing aid to interpretative studies of recent studies, assist American studies in other countries, and grants in creative writing, music and the other arts. Marshall takes a trip to the Near East from 16 March to 4 April, 1954 to survey higher education in the Near East, American studies abroad and attend a conference in Cairo, Egypt. He attend attends the Stratford Ontario Shakespeare Festival from July 13-15, 1954 in Canada and speaks to various professionals in the arts.

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 to survey Rockefeller Foundation opportunities and current political situations in the Middle East.

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's trip to the Near East continues in Lebanon and Turkey. In the United States, Marshall attends the Seventh Annual Near East Conference at Princeton University and takes a trip to Cambridge, Massachusetts to visit the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

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.

Organized according to interview and visit, Fahs discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of humanities. He is involved in the progress of Humanities Division programs, selection of fellows and grant in-aid, and development of new research. The aims of the Humanities Division are to identify and stimulate new cultural growth, assist in interpretative studies of recent history, assist in American studies in other countries, fund creative writing and initiate major grants in music and other arts. Fahs tours the Far East to focus on RF projects in intercultural studies and the arts.

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 1 March-31 March 1957. Topics that are discussed during this trip include philanthropy and the arts in Turkey, the Istanbul Conservatory, and teaching English in Egypt. The diary also details Marshall's conversations with Lincoln Kirstein regarding his impression of performing arts in the United States and Canada.