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.
Three Families of Cousins Go Swimming - Friday, August 4, 1961
Leets were here for dinner and supper. Betty and Linda are staying all night. This afternoon Leets, Cuddebacks and we kids went swimming. It was quite a mob scene considering the fact that no grown-ups were along! The cousins have grown up! I didn't get anything done in the way of sewing. I did manage to practice my lesson for the first time. These summer days are going far too fast. I keep comparing this to last summer. I don't like to brag, but I do have a good memory for certain things! (I can remember what I wore on the first day of school for all but 7th grade and 10th - or do I remember that!?)
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