Year 1962-1966

Scope and content :

1962-1966. This series consist of 187 records of punch card, letter, and postcard. These materials are from the second field work trip of Moerman in Thailand. He revisited Ban Phaed, Payao province to collect additional field data.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 187 records of punch card, letter, and postcard.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Michael Moerman, 2005.

System of arrangemant : The series is divided base on the periods of field work in Thailand.

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : Some restriction on access. To respect in intellectual property right, the original material (hard copy) may not allowed to access. Please contact staff if you need more information.

Creative Commons License : Attribution (CC BY)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution (TK A)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

Rule or convention : Collection, series and file level description based on ISAD(G)

154

Punchcard

31

Letter

2

Postcard

151. Reference : MM-1-17-5

Trip to Chiengkham.

| 12 June 1965 - Trip to Chiang Kham. Moerman flew from Bangkok by airplane, stopping at Phitsanulok and Chiang Mai before arriving in Chiang Rai, where he met the Chiang Rai provincial governor and Chiang Kham sheriff. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Trip to Chiengkham.

152. Reference : MM-1-17-6

Peace corp.

| 12 June 1965 - Moerman met Ford, one of the Peace Corps’ Thailand representatives. At the time Thailand was home to around 250 Peace Corps volunteers, based in Mae Hong Son and Chiang Kham, where they worked as teachers. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Peace corp.

153. Reference : MM-1-17-7

Ethnic identity : Yuan.

| 12 June 1965 - Ethnic identity of the Yuan: way of life, language, immigration from Burma to Thailand. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Ethnic identity : Yuan.

154. Reference : MM-1-17-8

Ethnic identity : Khamu.

| 12 June 1965 - Ethnic identity of the Khamu. Mon-Khmer speakers, the Khamu have become assimilated into Thai society much more easily than Sino-Tibetan people. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Ethnic identity : Khamu.

155. Reference : MM-1-17-9

Officials.

| 12 June1965 – The governor tells a sheriff to pay attention to Moerman’s results and research, on the grounds that foreigners always observe things that the officials do not want to reveal. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Officials.

156. Reference : MM-1-17-10

Timing of interaction.

| 13 June 1965 – Timing of interaction. Periods of silence during the conversation represent one way in which household members ignore one another. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Timing of interaction.

157. Reference : MM-1-17-11

Food.

| 13 June 1965 – Food and northern style curry (kaeng); using paddy snails for cooking, making lab (fermented pork dish). | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Food.

158. Reference : MM-1-17-12

Cheingkham diary : first day.

| 13 June 1965 – Moerman's observations on his first day in Chiang Kham, when he stayed at the house of the sheriff, who threw a party that night. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Cheingkham diary : first day.

159. Reference : MM-1-17-14

Officials.

| 13 June 1965 – Moerman feels that the officers who work at the district office are used as the personal servants of the assistant district officers. Moerman’s attitude toward the sheriff and his wife. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Officials.

160. Reference : MM-1-17-13

Changes in Cheingkham.

| 13 June 1965 – Change in Chiang Kham. Recent developments include electricity, three-wheeled motorized rickshaws, a Shell gas station, a liquor factory and a new road, welcomed by the villagers but disliked by merchants. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Changes in Cheingkham.