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Soviet Union

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

A. Lee Nesslage Russian travel collection

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2012-004
Abstract

This collection includes materials gathered during two trips to Russia in 1977 and 1989. The posters, most pins, a 45 rpm record, and maps are from a March 1977 trip to Moscow and Leningrad with a Lehigh University Alumni Association tour. The prints, photographs, and t-shirts are from the donor's attendance at the 1989 International Conference on Environment & Society in Moscow as a representative of the League of Women Voters.

Dates: 1977 - 1989

Jerome L. Yesko collection of postcards and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2015-002
Abstract

Collection of blank postcard portfolios depicting Leningrad, Moscow, and the Neva, plus five photographs taken in the former USSR circa 1975 by Jerome L. Yesko. Mr. Yesko traveled to Russia in 1975 as part of a legal exchange program between U.S. lawyers and their Soviet counterparts. Mr. Yesko purchased the postcards and brought them back to the U.S. where he gave them to his daughter, Jill Yesko, as a souvenir of his trip.

Dates: 1975