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- Collection: Doug Burton Papers (Ms2020-001)
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USSR Trip Itinerary, March 16, 1979-March 30, 1979
This is the itinerary of the College of Engineering USSR trip, detailing the activities the students would do each day.
The Pratt Expenditures: A Report to the President, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, June 7, 1979
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 trip to the USSR and Finland taken by engineering students and faculty in Spring 1979, including a…
Saric Report, March 13-March 30, 1979
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 students did each day of the trip.
Doug Burton USSR Trip Journal, March 16, 1979 - March 30, 1979
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.
Photograph, Tallinn, Estonia: Kadriorg
"Peter the Great's Palace in Tallinn, built for Catherine I. " - Doug Burton
Photograph, Scenes around Riga, Monument to Liberty
"built by the Russians for the Latvians -- they don't like it." - Doug Burton
Photograph, Salaspils Concentration Camp, gateway
Sign at entrance to the Salaspils Concentration Camp, which says "Beyond this gate, moans the earth."
Photograph, Salaspils Concentration Camp, markings
"Markings represent the length of time the camp was in existence (long = weeks, short = days)" - Doug Burton
Photograph, Riga, Latvia: Domsky Cathedral
"Riga Cathedral or The Cathedral of Saint Mary" - Doug Burton
Photograph, Riga, Latvia: St. John's Cathedral
"The mask set in the wall commemorates two monks buried alive in the wall to bring good luck to the church." - Doug Burton
Photograph, Riga, Latvia: St. Peter's Cathedral
"St. Peter's Cathedral was built in 1209." - Doug Burton
Photograph, Riga, Latvia: St. Peter's Steeple, St. Peter's Cathedral, closer view
"St. Peter's Cathedral was built in 1209." - Doug Burton
