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.
Birthday Box is Opened Three Days Early - Thursday, November 2, 1961
My birthday box arrived today. I got a pretty brown jersey blouse, a pink blouse, a pair of pretty silver earrings, beads and earrings to go with my magenta dress, two little pilgrim candles, a box of FHA saltwater taffy, Mom's copy of Vance Packard's The Status Seekers that mentions Park College, school papers, and a view book and pretty wool scarf from Mrs. Cowan. I got a pretty fall handkerchief and $2.00 plus "a dime to grow on" from Grandma and Grandpa and a dollar from Grandma Kay yesterday. It's getting cold and the paper says it's supposed to snow by morning! I hope I passed the art test. I only got a C on my speech. The president and dean spoke on some of the proposed changes for Park at assembly.
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Sounds like a wonderful Birthday box! :)
Yes, it sure was a nice birthday box. The brown jersey blouse my mom sent me is the one I am wearing in my "in front of Mackay" picture. It went well with the brown plaid pleated skirt I made.
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