Scholarships - United States
Interview with Diana Crossan
Date: 10 June 1994 - 10 Jun 1994
From: Roy McKenzie Foundation Oral History Project
By: Crossan, Diana Buchanan, 1949-
Reference: OHInt-0147/3
Description: Diana Buchanan Crossan born Akaroa 1949. Outlines family background - both parents were teachers. Recalls earliest memories of school and polio injections. Gives political background. Refers to Arowhenua Maori School, Temuka. Recalls being passionate about women's issues as a young girl; being accepted for American Field Scholarship and going to Roxboro, North Carolina, USA in 1967; American family and biculturalism. Mentions `Blacks' in North Carolina. Reference to biological inferiority; Watts Riots 1967; Martin Luther King; Bobby Kennedy; Duke University and Stokeley Carmichael. Talks about involvement in American Field Scholars Returnee's Group; experience as a probation officer and time at Swansea College (UK) to gain qualification in social work. Recalls, while in Swansea meeting husband, Selahattin Soylemezoglu Metallurgis who was Turkish, marriage 1977 and separating in 1989. Recalls starting Employment Centre at Taupo 1979 with reference to application for money to the Roy McKenzie Trust. Set up Equal Employment Opportunities Unit at State Services Commission in 1986. Discusses involvement with the Roy McKenzie Foundation and positions held. Explains Roy McKenzie's open approach to life. Gives details of Capital Discovery Trust Board. Compares Roy McKenzie Trust with other trusts. Reference to Adult Literacy; Second Chance Education. Mentions Todd Foundation, McKenzie Education Foundation and Edwina Mountbatten Scholarship for Commonwealth students. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Accompanying material - Newspaper article (with photograph) from Christchurch Star, Sept 10 1976 by Diana Crossan Kiwis `don't know their rights' Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1306. One photograph of Diana Buchanan Crossan
American Field Service: International scholarships in New Zealand (Inc). [1968]
Date: 1968
From: [New Zealand ephemera of octavo size, pamphlets, flyers relating to international politics, conflicts and aid]
Reference: Eph-A-INTERNATIONAL-1968-01
Description: Explains what AFS is, how to apply for the scholarship, conditions and requirements for awards to New Zealand students and American students. Quantity: 2 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Pamphlet, folded, 222 x 150 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Pukapuka Books in 2002.
New Zealand-United States Educational Foundation (Fulbright): Records
Date: 1948-2002
By: New Zealand-United States Educational Foundation
Reference: MS-Group-1940
Description: Comprises Board of Directors' correspondence with biographical data on foundation board members, minutes, agenda and meeting papers and annual reports and programme proposals; NZ-USEF policy directives; employee records; miscellaneous administration and programme files, including Smith-Mundt Supplementation; conference and related reports; and clippings and media reports Quantity: 5 box(es). 26 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Formed in 1948. Has taken on other scholarship programmes over the years but the main role is the Fulbright programme (ca 90%). The Board of Directors meets 5 times a year. Overall governance rests with a US Board of Foreign Scholarships, which sets basic policy guidelines. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by New Zealand United States Educational Foundation, 1996 and 2011
People and places in Chicago, United States, taken when Binney was an American Field Se...
Date: [ca 1957]
From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection
Reference: PADL-000612
Description: People and places in Chicago (and Boston?) circa 1957, including Binney. Taken while she was an American Field Service Scholar in an American high school near Boston. Photographer(s) unidentified. Includes images of (students ?). Also a group of young people on a stage during a (conference?) including Binney: Ina Stegen from Germany, Peter Reichl from Austria, Yuki Kasama from Japan, Angel Diaz-Navarrd from Spain, Karen Lise Byskov from Denmark, Michel-Pierre Jaccard from Switzerland, Luciana Volpe from Italy, Eduardo de Andrade from Portugal, Karin Johannesson from Sweden, Judith Musgrove (later Binney) from New Zealand. Also Binney in her high school graduation dress. Source of descriptive information - Note on CDR says 'Chicago snaps'. Quantity: 29 electronic scan(s).