The diary is arranged by interview and visit. John Marshall is an associate director of the Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Division. The program's focus is on studies in language and foreign culture, American studies, drama, radio and film. The diary details Marshall's attendance at the Committee on Near Eastern Studies of the ACLS in Washington D.C. and at the Advisory Committee on the Japanese-Korean Broadcasting Project. He travels to Haiti for the Unesco Pilot Project in Fundamental Education and includes a report of his impressions on Puerto Rico from a 28 February- 3 March 1949 trip.