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 The collection has been arranged into four identified series: Subject Files, Photographs, Ephemera, Published and Unpublished Manuscripts.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While in Laos and Thailand, he collected both published and unpublished reports, papers, books and documents related to topics on Laos which in 1986 became the subject matter of his book Laos: A Bibliography published by the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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ContributorsHalpern, Joel (Author)
Created1961
DescriptionReport on the tribal groups of Laos and their relationships with each other and the government.
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ContributorsOsborn, G. M. T. (Author)
Created1967
DescriptionArticle about the racial and social isolation of minorities and native groups in Laos, their relationships with each other and the government, and the lack of agricultural development and infrastructure in their areas.
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ContributorsChanthala, Khamtanh (Speaker)
Created1973
DescriptionReport on programs to increase the education opportunities to minorities in rural areas
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Created1971
DescriptionEntire weekly newspapers from Vientiane News, a Laos-based newspaper that covered topics relating to the region of Southeast Asia and beyond.
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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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ContributorsUdol, Aram (Translator)
Created1960
DescriptionTranslated copy of “Twelve Traditions, Fourteen Precepts” a booklet that explains the Lao traditions concerning the required behaviors for people and the king.
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ContributorsBeery, Galen S. (Author)
Created1963
DescriptionA Survey of Kong Se Nam Noi, a part of the Bolovens Plateau region in southern Laos. USAID had several projects ongoing in the region.
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ContributorsBeery, Galen S. (Author)
Created1983
DescriptionNotes written for a report on the history and projects underway in Saravane province in Laos.
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ContributorsConboy, Kenneth (Author)
Created1989
DescriptionAn article concerning the military cooperation between Vietnam and Laos in the 1960’s, 70s, and 80s.
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ContributorsHafner, James A. (Author)
Created1965
DescriptionArticle describing the economy of the Meo in Laos and the effect the Pathet Lao had on the economy.