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 The collection has been arranged into four identified series: Subject Files, Photographs, Ephemera, Published and Unpublished Manuscripts.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While in Laos and Thailand, he collected both published and unpublished reports, papers, books and documents related to topics on Laos which in 1986 became the subject matter of his book Laos: A Bibliography published by the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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ContributorsOrr, Kenneth G. (Author) / Westermeyer, Joseph (Author)
Created1969
DescriptionSeveral reports on the situation in Laos as well as the ongoing conflict between Communists and other groups in Laos and Vietnam, including the decline of the Royal Lao Government.
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ContributorsOrr, Kenneth G. (Author)
Created1966
DescriptionSeveral publications from government officials and other on government programs in the Sayaboury and Myong Phieng areas of Laos, focusing on the military efforts, civil government, and education.
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ContributorsSmucker, Silas (Author)
Created1965
DescriptionReport on the history of the the Phatanakane Project in the Muong Phieng region in Laos, focusing on the economic, agricultural, and civil purposes of the project and its accomplishments thus far.
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ContributorsSage, William W. (Author)
Created1970
DescriptionBook on the education on children in rural villages in the Ban Houei Kong region in Laos, focused around the Mekong river, and the issues between ethnic groups and social structure that have prevented large-scale primary education in these areas.
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ContributorsTaylor, Bill (Author) / Thongsar, Bouapha (Contributor)
Created1963
DescriptionDone by Thongsar, a Meo, it is an accurate interpretation of the Meo legend and history
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ContributorsBeery, Galen S. (Author)
Created1968
DescriptionA report on the successes and failures of a US aid program in Savarane Province in Laos. Details the geography and history of the region, the history of American assistance, and the kinds of aid programs being used.
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ContributorsVa Lo, Chua (Auctioneer) / Vue, Gee (Translator)
Created1972
DescriptionReport describing the changing role of the bmoob, or blacksmith.
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Created1970
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An article on the current situation in Laos, regarding politics, the army, and the ongoing fight with the North Vietnamese

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ContributorsLewin, Howard (Author)
Created1965
DescriptionDescribes the engineering projects by USAID in small Lao villages.
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ContributorsMaxwell, Dayton (Author)
Created1972
DescriptionDescribes the training programs under USAID in various parts of Laos