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~ 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 to Dog 'N Suds for Mom and Dad's Anniversary - Friday, August 21, 1964

We went to the Dog 'N Suds for supper for Mom and Dad's anniversary. It's been quite a while since we've gotten around to doing that. The suit I ordered from Yonkers came today. It's a pretty pinkish red color. I have an ear ache. It's bothered me several times this summer but hardly ever did that before that. I had Mr. Jarvis put a new rivet in my typewriter case with a gadget they have in the store. I was stopped by the "Man on the Street" again - he started by asking me what I liked best about the State Fair.

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