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.
Talking on Mackay Steps - Thursday, October 10, 1963
Nancy and I have just gotten back from taking a walk and talking on Mackay steps. We met Tom going back to Nickel so walked with him up to the health center and spoke softly to Margie through the screen. I very much enjoyed doing that with Nancy - it was such a nice evening. Evelyn, Teresa and I went down to Parkville this afternoon. I went up to ask the beautician about what to do with my hair for my Stephens picture. I made an appointment for Saturday morning, but since I can only get my picture taken in the morning, I may have to cancel the hair setting and go in on the bus. Statistics class was called off, so I had the whole afternoon free.
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