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.
Still Hemming and Sewing - Thursday, August 31, 1961
Today in the way of sewing I finished hemming my quilted skirt, finished my blue dress, made a laundry bag, and started a skirt from the striped material I got from Grandma Kay for Christmas. I called Helen Birkey and she had been going to call me to ask Phyllis and me to a get-together at their place tomorrow night. I'd better start packing. It's only a week now. I think I lost a couple of weeks in here somewhere. I haven't done anything and yet I have.
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2 comments:
This must have been such an exciting time for you!
Yes, it was. I remember really getting eager to be in college.
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