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Index of Names of Persons Mentioned; 6 pages. Itinerary from December 1923- April 1924 in connection with work of the International Education Board. The diary surveys agricultural education and research laboratories in Europe.

The diary is arranged by interview and visit. John Marshall is an assistant director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Division. The program focuses on creating a greater means of cultural diffusion. Grants were primarily made to museums, drama, film and radio. In this diary Marshall travels to London to survey education in the arts, libraries, film and radio. He travels to France to report on current developments in radio broadcasting and attends the Intergovernmental Conference to Conclude a Convention on Broadcasting in the Interest of Peace at the League of Nations in Geneva. The Worldwide Broadcasting Foundation's experiment in developing radio program of cultural and education value with the W1XAL radio station is detailed as well.

The diary is arranged by interview and visit. John Marshall is an assistant director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Division. The program focuses on creating a greater means of cultural diffusion. In the United States grants were made to museums, drama, film and radio. This diary includes information on humanities in the field of education and discusses various educational broadcasting programs with universities, NBC, CBS and other organizations. Marshall travels to the Midwest to survey University of Minneapolis' Visual Education Department and various educational broadcasting university programs and local broadcasting organizations.