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.
Hearing Peter, Paul and Mary - Friday, October 18, 1963
The LLCs took a bus in to hear Peter, Paul and Mary at the Municipal Auditorium Arena tonight. Mrs. Flaherty and Mrs. Lippincott agreed that I could have the time off from the health center. We really had a nice time. Eight of us - the "junior girls," Rog and Ed - went to a hotel coffee shop with Rog leading the way as if it were New York. Some of us got our Stephens proofs back today. I guess I've decided on the one I want. Nancy got back from the health center this evening. Oh, lovely Park College! Phyllis and some of the Tarkio kids heard Peter, Paul and Mary at Nebraska University in Lincoln last Saturday.
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