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.
A Roommate Card for Vivienne - Saturday, September 2, 1961
We went to town this morning to wash, and Mom and Ann had dentist appointments. I found a cute card at the bookstore that I got and sent to Vivienne. It said: "You may think it's tough having to be my roommate" (and on the inside) "but think of me having to live with me all my life." I also got some stationery, cosmetics, and Gone With the Wind and 1984 in paperback. This afternoon we cleaned house for the family dinner we're having tomorrow and Mom gave me a permanent that should do till Christmas vacation.
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How funny that you found a card made especially for roommates! I don't think I've seen a card like that before.
Jen, I remember being surprised to find the roommate card. I knew I wanted to send it to her.
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