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.
Went with Nic to the Drive-In - Thursday, July 2, 1964
I went with Nic to the drive-in tonight. Our date was slightly unusual in that I drove in to his house in our car. He took me in to meet his mother. She said, "Did you come to pick up your date?" The shows were "If a Man Answers" and "Six Black Horses." Since they are going to press at noon tomorrow, I won't have to go to work. Two days off! I typed up some of the "Early Iowa Cooking" article that Dave Elder suggested we get permission from the Annals of Iowa to use on the women's page. I spent all the time I'm usually making my rounds getting my glasses straightened. So I didn't make the rounds - first time except Ridiculous Day that I've missed.
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