The diary is arranged according to interview and visit and documents Mary Tennant's talks with professionals in the field of public health. The focus of the International Health Division in which Mary Tennant is a staff member is disease prevention and investigation of diseases important to public health. Tennant travels to Europe to survey hospital accommodations in Prague, outline a program of public health and social work study and report on nursing in Czechoslovakia during World War II and the occupation.

The diary is arranged according to interview and visit and documents Mary Tennant's talks with professionals in the field of public health. The focus of the International Health Division in which Mary Tennant is a staff member is disease prevention and investigation of diseases important to public health. Tennant travels to India to survey nursing education. She also travels to Iran to survey the region for collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation to development a comprehensive nursing program. She is updated with the present status of nursing fellows as well.