The William W. Sage Collection on Laos consists of subject files, photographs, slides, audiotapes, and manuscripts on Sage's work and writings. The collection has been arranged into four identified series: Subject Files, Photographs, Ephemera, Published and Unpublished Manuscripts. The collection also contains audiotapes that are not yet digitized.

The repository collection contains only a part of the Sage Collection. For a complete listing of the materials in the Sage collection go to Arizona Archives Online and input "Sage."

William W. Sage (b. 1946 Denver, CO) has been involved in international humanitarian aid for over forty years. He joined the International Voluntary Services team in Laos in 1969 and later served as a Community Development Area Adviser with the United States Agency for International Development in the southern and later northwestern regions of Laos until 1975. In 1977 he served four years as the Director of the Joint Voluntary Agency (JVA) in Bangkok, Thailand during which time 200,000 refugees from Indochina were processed for resettlement to the U.S.

While in Laos and Thailand, he collected both published and unpublished reports, papers, books and documents related to topics on Laos which in 1986 became the subject matter of his book Laos: A Bibliography published by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.

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ContributorsIwata, Leiji (Author) / Sakomoto, H. (Translator) / Halpern, Joel (Editor)
Created1960
DescriptionA report on the minority groups in Northern Laos, with a focus on the Yao.
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Created1969
DescriptionArticle describing the lamvong, a particular style of dance and music involving drums that was common across Southeast Asia.
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ContributorsSage, William W. (Contributor)
Created1976
DescriptionAn article describing the Fifth Month Festival or the New Years Festival and its rituals by Laotians living in the San Francisco Bay area
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ContributorsBarney, George L. (Author)
Created1961
DescriptionSelection from a thesis describing the Meo, a cultural group living in Vietnam, Thailand, China and Laos.
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ContributorsSage, William W. (Author)
Created1972
DescriptionA report on the village of Tang O, detailing its location, the current projects there, and the resources available.
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ContributorsDeVecchi, Maggie (Author)
Created1980
DescriptionA paper examining the documentation of Frank Snepps’ Descent Interval and William Shawcross’s sideshow in their examination of US intervention in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
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Created1959
DescriptionReport describing the history, economics, and geography of Laos and then the history of its rising communist movement, Lao Issara.
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ContributorsThong, Thao (Author)
Created1972
DescriptionArticle describing the history of the Hmoob (Hmong)ethnic minority in China, especially under the Manchu dynasty founded by Kublai Khan and their local customs.
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ContributorsVuthao (Author)
Created1972
DescriptionArticle on the Akha, an ethnic group that lives predominately in Laos, focusing on their culture, population, history, and festivals
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ContributorsSage, William W. (Author)
DescriptionReport on the building, creation, and maintenance of Muong Meung village.