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  • Collection: Doug Burton Papers (Ms2020-001)
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F1_USSR_1979_letter_19780911.pdf

This letter from W. A. Blackwell informs Doug Burton that because of his good academic standing at Virginia Tech, he had been chosen to go on the…
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F1_Original_Europe_1979_letter_19781013.pdf

This letter from W. A. Blackwell informs Doug Burton that he had been officially selected to go on the USSR Engineering trip and that he would be…
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F1_USSR_1979_Saric_letter_to_participants.pdf

This letter from William Saric of the College of Engineering includes the final schedule of the USSR trip, travel information, and suggestions for…
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F1_USSR_1979_mailing_list.pdf

This is a mailing list for the engineering students going on the USSR trip.
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F1_USSR_1979_itinerary_197903.pdf

This is the itinerary of the College of Engineering USSR trip, detailing the activities the students would do each day.
Ms2020-001_BurtonDoug_B1_F1_Saric_report_USSR_1979_197903.pdf

William Saric's report addressed to Dean Paul Torgesen of the College of Engineering about the student trip to the USSR details a summery of what the…
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_Doug_Burton_1979_USSR_Trip_Journal_1979.pdf

This is a PDF of Doug Burton's personal diary, in which he wrote about the trip engineering students took to the USSR in the spring of 1979.
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F3_Pratt_report_1979_19790607.pdf

The Pratt Report outlines the use of Pratt funds for the year 1978-1979 in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering. Most of the report details the…
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F8_1_1979_Soviet_Union_001.jpg

Students in the waiting area of the Roanoke Airport
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F8_1_1979_Soviet_Union_002.jpg

Students in the waiting area of the Roanoke Airport
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F8_1_1979_Soviet_Union_009.jpg

Skyline view; can see Empire State Building off to the left.
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F8_1_1979_Soviet_Union_010.jpg

Skyline view; can see Twin Towers in the center
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F8_1_1979_Soviet_Union_011.jpg

Skyline view; can see the Twin Towers off to the left and if you look closely, the Statue of Liberty off to the right.
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F8_1_1979_Soviet_Union_022.jpg

"The oldest stone building in Helsinki was built in 1751." - Doug Burton
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F8_2_1979_Soviet_Union_021.jpg

"The sign says 'Leninism & Communism.'" - Doug Burton
Ms2020_001_BurtonDoug_B1_F8_3_1979_Soviet_Union_005.jpg

"Statue of Peter the Great dedicated to him by Catherine II." - Doug Burton
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