Organized according to interview or visit, entries for this year record the meetings and conversations that took place between Beard and professionals and students in the field of nursing. Development—and proliferation—of public health nursing is the principal objective of Beard's visits, interviews, and activities for this year. Concerning domestic development, Beard surveys the nursing profession in a number of U.S. cities, and concerning international development, Beard is involved in sponsoring international women to study in the US on RF fellowships. The integration of African-Americans into the nursing profession is also discussed throughout the entries.

While on an extensive tour of Europe and Asia, Beard meets with international nursing professionals and surveys the state of nursing education in a wide array of countries including—but not limited to—China, India, Singapore, Israel, Egypt, and the United Kingdom. Upon her return, Beard continues her work managing the education of RF fellows from foreign countries; promoting the development of public health nursing in the U.S and abroad; and standardizing the education of nursing professionals. A map entitled "China, Siam, Indo-China, and Chosen," is embedded within the entries and is dated 1915.

Organized according to interview or visit, entries for this year record the meetings and conversations that took place between Beard and professionals and students in the field of nursing. Beard is heavily involved in advising RF nursing fellows—both American and foreign—and discusses their educational development and experiences throughout the entries.

Organized according to interview or view, entries for this year record the meetings and conversations that took place between Beard, professionals and students in the field of nursing. Nursing education programs –both domestic and international- are discussed and schools of nursing located within the U.S. are visited and surveyed. Main topics in this diary include reorganizing public health nursing programs in Washington County, New York, Vanderbilt University, University of Toronto and New York Hospital. Beard is also involved with the selection process and mentorship of RF fellowship nursing applicants. A copy of "Act of Parliament of the Council of the School of Nursing, University of Toronto" is included as well as an outline review of New York Hospital's budgetary crisis regarding its nursing services and how to build up present nursing organization.

Organized according to interview and visit, entries for this year record the meetings and conversations that took place between Mary Beard, professionals and students in the field of nursing. Beard is heavily involved in advising RF nursing fellows-both American and foreign. She discusses their educational development and experiences throughout the entries. Beard continues to develop, reorganize and establish nursing education programs at various institutions around the country such as Vanderbilt University, Russell Sage, Johns Hopkins and Skidmore College. Beard also details the limitations and setbacks of developing public health nursing education programs at the advanced level. The diary describes the hardships of rural Southern nurses and how the Tennessee Valley Authority Health Study makes an impact on the region. Beard sets up talks to develop a School of Nursing at University of California at Los Angeles. She travels to Panama to develop nursing education programs in the region. A copy of "Minutes of the Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Nursing, of the Department of Health", a graph of "Various Types of Schools of nursing in the United States (1936)", "Minutes of the Council of Course Directors" and "Visiting Nurse Association" documents, a pamphlet entitled "Baby Record" put out by the Child Welfare Division, Department of Health and Sanitation, Seattle, Washington as well as a pamphlet distributed by the Public Education Association entitled "what It is and What It Does" are included.

Organized according to interview and visit, entries for this year record the meetings and conversations that took place between Mary Beard, professionals and students in the field of nursing. Beard is heavily involved in advising RF nursing fellows-both foreign and domestic. She summarizes the interviews with the current fellows. Beard attends numerous conferences and travels to the southern United States to detail public health nursing. Her travels take her to England and there she outlines the Florence Nightingale Foundation's objectives for their public health nursing programs as well as detailing public health nursing teacher qualifications for London University. Included are "conference o Eugenic and Birth Control of the American Eugenics Society" schedule and itinerary "Visits made by Miss Mary Beard in London on Wednesday July 13th and Thursday July 14th."

Organized according to interview or visit, entries for this year record the meetings and conversations that took place between Beard and professionals and students in the field of nursing. Beard tours nursing establishments across the country including hospitals, nursing universities, and clinics and reports on the state of nursing at each institution. Specific subjects addressed include nursing theory; nursing and public health education; the professionalization of nursing; the cost of nursing to hospitals; the organization of the nursing service; and the activities of committees dedicated to nursing affairs.

While in the RF Paris office, Crowell's entries are organized by interview. Crowell speaks with professionals associated with public health nursing and her conversations address subjects such as RF fellows, nursing schools, training centers, health clinics, and the development of new European public health nursing programs. While on visits to European cities, Crowell's entires discuss the progress of RF programs in each city; the placement of nursing fellows from that particular country; development of new programs and new nursing educators; and the routine of RF nursing fellows stationed in each respective city. Cities visited include London, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Skopje, Bucharest, Belgrade, Venice, Warsaw, Krakow, Ankara, and Dresden.

While in the RF Paris office, Crowell's entries are organized by interview. Crowell speaks with professionals associated with public health nursing and her conversations address subjects such as RF fellows, nursing schools, training centers, health clinics, and the development of new European public health nursing programs. While on visits to European cities, Crowell's entries discuss the progress of RF programs in each city; the placement of nursing fellows from that particular country; the development of new projects (in other European cities) along with new nursing educators; and the routine of RF nursing fellows stationed in each respective city. Cities visited include Vienna, Graz, Budapest, Debrecen, Sofia, Belgrade, Zagreb, London, Venice, Paraggi, Bucharest, Jassy, Cluj, Prague, and Skopje. Extensive medical and public health surveys of Spanish cities are included.