Deepak Chhabra, Retro Branding of Khadi: A Sustainable Heritage Tourism Marketing Perspective
The Agnes Smedley Collection (Post-War China)
Agnes Smedley was an American journalist best known for her work documenting and publicizing the Japanese incursions in China in the late 1930’s. Ms. Smedley was also very active in relief efforts and procurement of medical supplies for affected Chinese citizens.
Mimijac Palgen Cambodian Photographic Collection
The Mimijac Palgen Photographic Collection is available for research at the Luhrs Reading Room, Hayden Library 4th floor. Digital copies for most of the collection are available here. The negatives for the photographs may be viewed in the Luhrs Reading Room by appointment with the curator.
Description by Robert Spindler, Special Collections, ASU Libraries.
The Guardian of the Flame Sri Lanka Manuscript Collection
The Guardian of the Flame Collection is available for research at the Luhrs Reading Room, Hayden Library 4th floor. A portion of the collection has been individually photographed and described here.
William Sage is an alumnus of ASU, whose collection of nearly 350 artifacts was built during the early 1970s when he worked in Laos. Along with basketry, musical instruments, jewelry, betel nut paraphernalia, weapons, pipes and forms of money, Sage collected 18 complete ‘costumes’ from 11 different Lao ethnic groups. Sage’s collection is an attempt to represent the ethnic diversity of the country.
Jane Hanks is an anthropologist with long term research interests in Thailand, particularly the ethnic groups that live in mountainous Northern Thailand. Her collection of over 130 artifacts were largely acquired between the years of 1951 and 1979 when she and her husband, fellow anthropologist Lucien Hanks, lived and worked in Thailand. The collection is mostly comprised of textiles, clothing and other personal items made and used by Northern Thai ethnic groups such as the Akha, Lisu and Mien.
Joel Halpern is an anthropologist who worked in Laos in 1957, 1959 and 1969, with a particular focus on the Lao elite. His collection of 55 artifacts contains many examples of Lao textiles and other collectibles.
Vietnam
In 1950s to the 1960s, Betty Grenig’s husband Robert Grenig was stationed with US Army in a host of Asian countries, including Vietnam. Much of this collection of 19 artifacts and 11 photographs comes from the Montagnards, an ethnic group who live 20 miles outside of Hue. It includes baskets, hats, weapons and a rain cloack made of plant materials.
Objects of Everyday Life in Laos
Sociologist Anna Gillespie lived and worked largely in Vientiane, Laos from 1994 to 2009. She referred to her collection of 40 artifacts as “Objects of Everyday Life.” The collection mainly consists of a wide array of items made of bamboo that includes fish traps, tables and baskets used to prepare and store food.