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.
Drove the Tractor to Put Straw in the Barn - Saturday, July 18, 1964
I drove the tractor this afternoon to put up straw. It finally cooled off and almost blew up a rain, but it was hot enough for a while. KCII said it was 100 in Washington. I presented most of my proposal to Pat about taking my package of yearbook pages to Park, but then a load of straw came into the driveway, and she took off for town. They'll surely be able to do it for me. I've been enjoying my evening bike rides again, now that my part of the yearbook is done. I can't believe that yet - I've had it to do for almost a year. I got a letter from Verna Thompson. She's at Case Western Reserve University this summer, so maybe I'll get to see her.
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One of my favorite memories was helping your dad put hay up in the barn. It was all new to me, I got to drive the tractor. Got hot and super dirty and felt like a real farmhand!
Ron, I'm glad you were able to experience hay making.
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