Year 1958-1961

Scope and content :

1958-1961. The first field work trip of Moerman in Thailand. He spent almost 3 years to collected field data about the Lue society, tradition, culture, and daily life of Tai Lue community at Ban Phaed, Payao province. 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

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-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution Non-Commercial (TK A-NC)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

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

730

Slide

41

Photograph

2433

Punchcard

51

Letter

38

Notebook

1

Typescript

1

Map

1031. Reference : MM-1-18-212

Letter from Imogene

| October 3, 1961. After only three months of work the new chief district officer made request to move out of the area because of the hardship of the remote areas. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Letter from Imogene

1032. Reference : MM-1-18-213

Tuition fees

| November 4, 1959. The tuition fee for the private school at Ban Ngi:n costed 100 baht per semester. An academic year was divided into three terms. The fee for the Government Secondary School cost only 100 baht per year. There were additional extra fees for the private school, as well. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Tuition fees

1033. Reference : MM-1-18-214

Murder

| Mid-February. There was a serious murder case at tambon Chedi Kham. Villgares very interested because the deceased was attacked and mutiliated. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Murder

1034. Reference : MM-1-18-215

Murder

| October 19, 1960. An Orange Farm worker at Ban Nong was murdered and a gun stolen. There were four villains, including the new village headman of Ban Nong. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Murder

1035. Reference : MM-1-18-216

Case on assault

| January 16, 1960. No became the accused in the case of assault. Initially, he denied it but in the end he confessed because of the evidence. However, later Mary-Anne heard that that all the evidence was flawed. In addition, No accepted the accusation because the police threatened him in various ways. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Case on assault

1036. Reference : MM-1-18-217

Work of the Border Patrol Police

| September 10, 1960. Border patrol police shared information about the situation in Laos. It was desperate and the country could become a communist country very soon. They were sent to serve two purposes: to patrol the areas and to firm relations with the minority groups in the mountains. This group of people would spy on the front-line movement of the Lao military or about the activites of the Guo Min Tang military, as potentially intrusive over the Thai border. Notwithstanding, opium elimination was very difficult. In fact, even though people were aware of the mastermind who was behind the smuggling of opium, the latter also gave bribes to the authorities. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Work of the Border Patrol Police

1037. Reference : MM-1-18-218

taxation

| November 25 , 1960. Moerman asked about the different types of tax and their rate which Chiang Kham district collected from people such as income tax, land tax stamp tax, etc. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

taxation

1038. Reference : MM-1-18-219

taxation

| November 25, 1960. The main taxes collected in Chiang Kham district were derived from a purchase tax. There were also additional taxes on landowners who leased their land. The tax would finance various activities of the Council (District Council?). There was also taxation on shop signs. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

taxation

1039. Reference : MM-1-18-220

Fire truck

| November 8, 1960. The money used to buy a fire truck came partly from the government and the other half from sanitation - the tax was collected from shops in the market. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Fire truck

1040. Reference : MM-1-18-221

Opinions of high-rank bureaucrats

| November 25, 1960. The accountant told Moerman that officials did not gain much salary. They needed to the money gained from bribes to finance their family. However, the officials were of an honorable profession. The assistant district officer told Moerman about the hardship of rural areas, Chiang Kham district was cut off from the outside world. However, sometimes an inspector came disguised as tourist in order to inspect the public order. From the observations of Moerman, during the first two hours of work in the morning (8:30 to 10:30 pm) officials at the district office were chatting, and some just sat absent-minded. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Opinions of high-rank bureaucrats