United States Information Service Laotian Photograph Collection

1961-1969
1 envelope (0.25 linear ft.)
Call no.: MS 145
rotating decorative images from SCUA collections

Photographs taken in the 1960's by the United States Information Service depicting Lao dignitaries, the funeral of King Sisavongvong, the cremation of Prince Ratsamphanthavong at Luong Prabong, a Pathet Lao soldier, a Yao woman, and a Lao woman.

Scope of collection

Photographs depicting Lao dignitaries, the funeral of King Sisavongvong, the cremation of Prince Ratsamphanthavong at Luong Prabong, a Pathet Lao soldier, a Yao woman, and a Lao woman taken in the 1960's by the United States Information Service.

Inventory

Funeral of King Sisavongvong, Luong Prabong (5 scenes)
1961
Box
Visit of Queen Sithan Thai to Vientiane after flood
1966
Box
Crown Prince at Houei Sai in northern Laos on Mekong River (2 pictures)
1967
Box
Yao (Mien) woman, Houei Sai
1967
Box
Pathet Lao soldier
1968
Box
Lao woman at Toura Kom (Vientiane)
1968
Box
Ministers, generals, and high officials of Lao government receiving "Phagna" from King Sisavong Vathana at Royal Palace, Luong Prabong, on New Year
1968
Box
Cremation of Prince Ratsamphanthavong at Luong Prabong
1969
Box

Administrative information

Access

The collection is open for research.

Provenance

Acquired by Joel Halpern from the US Information Service in Vientane, Laos in 1969. Negatives and prints were produced using a gift from Timothy Allman.

Processing Information

Processed by Linda Seidman, December 1986.

Language:

English

Acknowledgments

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Copyright and Use (More information )

Cite as: United States Information Service Laotian Photograph Collection (MS 145). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.