Giles ; Hunting wild ox and its ceremonies | A study by Francis H. Giles about the hunting of wild oxen in Ubon Ratchathani and Kalasin provinces. Rather than simply been a sport, hunting wild oxen on horseback is surrounded by beliefs and rituals. | Typescript
Education I,II | 1959 – A paper looking at the various aspects of education in Bang Chan, including child rearing, training, studying in school, learning about religion and magical formulas, the number of pupils enrolled in grade 4 of Bang Chan School, the number who graduate and the number continuing to middle school. | Typescript
Sao Nga Kham – Tai revolutionary council | An expedition from Mae Chan to Mae Sai. Hanks visits General Sao Nga Kham, the General of the Shan National Army, at Lu village, out of interest in minority groups from Keng Tung in Myanmar. This village receives assistance from the Thai government. Hanks hopes to research the problems between the Shan minority groups and the Myanmar state army and the relocation of these groups to Thailand. | Typescript
Changes in Family life | 1959 – The concepts of the kinsman, the subsisting family, the entrepreneurial family, the entrepreneurial household and the multi-local extended family. | Typescript
The cosmic view of Bang Chan Villagers | 1957 – The rice farmers of Bang Chan perceive the cosmos as a place with a varied geography. The various parts of heaven and hell, the seas and mountains, are landmarks referred to by priests delivering vernacular sermons, and become familiar through these and through folk tales. Monks and former monks thus have a better grasp of the cosmos than lay people. Both ritual worship and farming make reference to cosmological ideas, and views on the cosmos are linked to social class and protection. | Typescript
Reporton Tribal People in Chiengrai Province , L M ,J R Hanks – Lauriston Ruth Sharp | 1964 – A report by Lucien M. Hanks, Jane R. Hanks, Lauriston Sharp and Ruth B. Sharp of Cornell University, focusing on the relationship between upland and lowland villagers. The report includes a description of the Mae Kok region in terms of its geography, population, migration, transportation, government services, the mobility of wealth, the cash economy, commerce, the sense of the economy, leadership, health, education, and special relations between villages and between upland and lowland areas. It also contains recommendations for dealing with problems of population subsistence, the cash economy, government services for hill areas, health, education, communications, relationships between Thai and tribal people, and how to sustain a vital program. | Typescript
Two Visions of Freedom, Thai and American | 1965- Americans, closely bound into society, defended themselves against its constraining demands and seek the freedom to live apart. Thai society, by contrast, consisted of the King at the center of an organized network of voluntary allegiances. To be accepted was a privilege, and belonging to society was a privilege that might be renounced or rescinded at any time. At the outer fringes of society these privileges were small. The Thai vision of freedom can admit foreigners more easily than the American one. | Typescript
Upland – Lowland Village Relations in Northern Thailand | 1972 – Differences of ecology, language and culture between upland and lowland villages lead to both alliances and hostilities. Relationships take the form of those between employer and laborer, or are evinced during commerce and trading. Some of these relationships are particularly intense. Moreover, a number of upland villagers have moved to lowland areas, while a few Thai Christians have moved to live in upland villages. | Typescript
