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 The collection has been arranged into four identified series: Subject Files, Photographs, Ephemera, Published and Unpublished Manuscripts.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While in Laos and Thailand, he collected both published and unpublished reports, papers, books and documents related to topics on Laos which in 1986 became the subject matter of his book Laos: A Bibliography published by the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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Created1972
DescriptionReport on economic assistance from the United States to the Royal Government of Laos, looking specifically at their many programs to increase education and improve health, agriculture, and public needs.
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Created1969
DescriptionReport on USAID projects in Laos that assist in agricultural and construction projects.
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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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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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ContributorsNhouyvanisvong, Liliane (Author)
Created1969
DescriptionReport on the issues that impede education in rural Laos, including agriculture, government, and the geography.
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ContributorsChamberlain, James R. (Author)
Created1972
DescriptionA letter from James R. Chamberlain concerning a trip to Ban Houei Sai and contact with a rural group in Pha Te.
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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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Created1962
DescriptionA royal decree detailing a new education program aimed at women, villagers, and ethnic minorities.
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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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ContributorsHafner, James A. (Author)
Created1965
DescriptionArticle describing the economy of the Meo in Laos and the effect the Pathet Lao had on the economy.