About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ About: A 1961-65 Park College Diary ~ As a high school girl and then a college coed in the first half of the 1960s, I wrote nightly entries on the pages of one-year diaries. In January 2010 I began transcribing the entries into a blog and gave each one a title. I grew up on three farms within 30 miles of Iowa City and the University of Iowa with its Iowa Writers' Workshop. As the oldest of four daughters, in my diaries I sometimes referred to my sisters as "the kids" or "the girls." We helped our parents, but we also had good, wholesome fun - a characteristic I took with me to Park. Park is 300 miles southwest of West Chester, Iowa, in Parkville, Missouri, on the Missouri River 10 miles northwest of Kansas City, Missouri, and across the river from Kansas City, Kansas. In 2000 Park College became Park University. Today Park's flagship campus is in Parkville and there are an additional 41 campus centers across the nation. Park was one of the first educational institutions in the United States to offer online learning. My last post was on May 22, 2018. I may be followed on Twitter @BarbaraMcDWhitt.
Alan Shepard Has Made History - Saturday, May 6, 1961
Yesterday the United States made history by sending Alan Shephard into space for fifteen minutes. It was an "absolutely perfect" trip. My Decade of Man in Space original oratory speech has come true. This afternoon Phyllis and I took Jerolyn and the two Lindas to a very nice party for girls on the honor roll at Mrs. Foster's. We stopped downtown and got our miniature cedar chests that Powell furniture store is giving away to the girl graduates. Junean got her dad's Advance office open and we were able to pick up our graduation announcements. We got a new stove (Maytag) Wednesday.
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4 comments:
Fun day!
Yes, it was.
I think the idea of your blog is so original. I am nearly 60 and didn't have a diary when growing up but you are making me wish I did. This concept is so original. And, I lived briefly in Fairfield, Iowa in the 1970's so I am enjoying reading about 1960's Iowa life. I've put you on my blogroll.
Have fun with the blogathon!
Alana
Alana, thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving your sweet comment. I have visited your very nicely done blog and left a comment following your early morning Mother's Day post. You have some beautiful pictures of flowers. I am touched that you put my blog on your blogroll.
It truly is a small world. In many ways Upstate New York and southeastern Iowa look a lot alike.
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