The diary is arranged by interview and visit. George K. Strode is a director of the International Health Division (IHD). The IHD continues its investigation and control of diseases important to the field public health. The IHD also promotes public health education with fellowships and travel grants. Strode received program updates from staff members and interviews professionals in the field of public health. The diary details Strode's travels to the Middle East to survey public health programs and preventive medical research.

The diary is arranged by interview and visit. John Marshall is an associate director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Division. He takes a trip to the Near East to assess and survey Rockefeller Foundation Humanities program interests. The diary includes general impression reports on Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey. Marshall also attends the U.S. National Commission for Unesco in Washington D.C.

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 aid humanistic studies which have a direct relevance to contemporary life, support activities designed to interpret contemporary cultures and encourage study of foreign languages as an aid to eliminate barriers to international cooperation. Marshall attends the Fourth Annual Near East Conference and the U.S. National Conference for Unesco. He also discusses various avenues in which Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Arabic Program could go.

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.

Russell's diary is arranged according to interview and visit. He holds interviews, conferences and visits with professionals in the field of malaria research. He visits a DDT manufacturing plant in India, attends Pakistan's first malaria conference, works on his manuscripts and attends the 8th World Health Assembly as WHO consultant. Russell assesses countries by population density, areas of malaria outbreak and healthcare response. The international focus of the Rockefeller Foundation is eradicating malaria.

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 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.

The diary is arranged by interview and visit. John Marshall is an associate director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Division. He takes a trip to the Near East to assess and survey Rockefeller Foundation Humanities program interests. The diary includes "Tentative list of Participants for Conference on Contemporary Studies of the Arab World."