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.
Eisenhower's Very Nice Welcome - Tuesday, July 26, 1960
President Eisenhower has just received a very nice welcome at the Rebublican National Convention. It is a much more orderly convention than the Democratic one. I spent a long time this afternoon out on a blanket in the yard. The kids were lying down, too. Ann had her last swimming lesson this morning. They made up for the Fourth of July.
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Hi, Barbara. This is amazing--and fun to have the dates match. Looking forward to reading more. Anita Harris (http://Ithacadiaries.wordpress.com
Hey there Anita. I appreciate your comment. I am always gratified to find a gem when surfing the net. I found yours by searching for: blogger 1960s diaries blogs on facebook. Thank you for your feedback. I will be following your progress as you write about Cornell from a diarist's point of view. Our college experiences were very different. Park had outstaning history and political science departments but even with the war in Vietnam escalating there was no campus unrest or political activism.
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