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.
Mom Still Not Well - Sunday, August 14, 1960
All of our family except Mom went to church and Peggy went to Sunday School. I helped Mrs. Johnson teach Mom's class. Grandma and Grandpa and Cuddebacks were here tonight. This afternoon everyone but Mom and I drove around. I read A Lantern in Her Hand and Mom rested. I think she's getting better. Writing this on Virginia's trunk doesn't help handwriting!
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I'm reading these entries while I'm sick, so I'm really feeling for Grandma right now having to enjoy visiting family while feeling lousy. I'm sure enjoying your journal entries.
Oh, poor you, Hilary. I hope you are better soon.
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