The Pratt Expenditures: A Report to the President, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, June 7, 1979
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Engineering.
University Archives
University History
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 transcript of Doug Burton's diary entries and photographs.
See the finding aid for the Doug Burton Papers.
Permission to publish material from Doug Burton Papers must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech.
English
Reports
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.
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Russian
Diaries
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 expected to spend about $250.
Virginia Tech Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Engineering
Letters
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.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Engineering
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 Spring 1979 trip to the USSR. The letter informed him that the trip was still pretty indefinite at that point, but he should come by the Electrical Engineering office to let them know if he had decided to go.
This is a mailing list for the engineering students going on the USSR trip.
1979
Addresses
This letter from William Saric of the College of Engineering includes the final schedule of the USSR trip, travel information, and suggestions for Soviet travel.
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.
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Photographs
Students in the waiting area of the Roanoke Airport
Burton, Doug
Permission to publish material from the Doug Burton Papers must be obtained from Special Collections,Virginia Tech.
Photograph, James River near Natural Bridge and Big Island from plane
Photograph, Landing at Newark: Scenes of NYC - Empire State Building
Skyline view; can see Empire State Building off to the left.
Photograph, Landing at Newark: Scenes of NYC - World Trade Center
Skyline view; can see Twin Towers in the center
Photograph, Landing at Newark: Scenes of NYC - Statue of Liberty
Skyline view; can see the Twin Towers off to the left and if you look closely, the Statue of Liberty off to the right.
Photograph, Sunrise over the North Atlantic
Photograph, The coast of Norway from airplane
Photograph, Scenes from Helsinki Finland: The House of 4 Estates
Photograph, Scenes from Helsinki Finland: Cathedral of Helsinki
Photograph, Scenes from Helsinki Finland: University of Helsinki, statue of Alexander II
Photograph, Scenes from Helsinki Finland: Government Palace
Photograph, Scenes from Helsinki Finland: Oldest stone building in Helsinki
"The oldest stone building in Helsinki was built in 1751." - Doug Burton
Photograph, Monument to Sibelius, with People
Photograph, Temppeliaukio Church, organ and altar
Photograph, Peter & Paul Fortress on the Neva River
Photograph, Stock Exchange, Naval Museum, and The Rostrum Column
Photograph, St. Isaac's Cathedral, dome exterior
Photograph, St. Isaac's Cathedral, doorway
Photograph, St. Isaac's Cathedral, ceiling
Photograph, St. Isaac's Cathedral, dome ceiling
Photograph, St. Isaac's Cathedral, doorway and paintings
"The sign says 'Leninism & Communism.'" - Doug Burton
Photograph, Cathedral of the Spilled Blood
"Statue of Peter the Great dedicated to him by Catherine II." - Doug Burton
Photograph, Museum of Religion and Atheism
Photograph, Circus in Leningrad, performers with umbrellas
Photograph, Circus in Leningrad, performers on balcony
Photograph, Circus in Leningrad, dog show
Photograph, Circus in Leningrad, trapeze artist