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 The collection has been arranged into four identified series: Subject Files, Photographs, Ephemera, Published and Unpublished Manuscripts.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While in Laos and Thailand, he collected both published and unpublished reports, papers, books and documents related to topics on Laos which in 1986 became the subject matter of his book Laos: A Bibliography published by the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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ContributorsBarney, George L. (Author) / Koumarn, Yang See (Author)
Created1978
DescriptionA guide detailing the history of the Hmong in Laos, including their personal history, beliefs, folklore, etc.
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ContributorsIzikowitz, Karl Gustav (Author) / Needham, Rodney (Author)
Created1960
DescriptionArticles concerning the marriage practices of the Lamet people in Northern Laos.
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ContributorsKandre, Peter K. (Author)
Created1964
DescriptionAn article on the Yao people of Northern Laos and other minority groups.
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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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ContributorsMurdoch, John B. (Author)
Created1973
DescriptionArticle on the scholarship and history of the “Holy Man’s” Rebellion in Northern Thailand, Southern Laos, and parts of Vietnam from 1901 to 1902.
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ContributorsMulder, J. A. Niels (Author)
Created1968
DescriptionThe article describes the concept of merit or bun in Thai Buddhism and how it relates to the organization of the Thai government and educational systems.
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ContributorsSage, William W. (Author)
Created1973
DescriptionReport describing hostilities in Laos after the collapse of the Coalition Government in 1964 and the economic issues that followed.
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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.