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

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…

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.

This is the itinerary of the College of Engineering USSR trip, detailing the activities the students would do each day.

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…

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.

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.

Doug Burton at the computer terminal, playing Lunar Lander.

"Note the gold leaf on the spikes on the gate." - Doug Burton

Photograph of a icon of Jesus on a throne with a disciple and an angel on either side

Photograph of a icon of Jesus holding a cross and floating above others, surrounded by disciples

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

"Peter the Great's Palace in Tallinn, built for Catherine I. " - Doug Burton