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

1041. Reference : MM-1-18-222

Prison in Chiang Rai

| August 1, 1960. There was a limited area in the prison of Chiang Rai for inmates. It was necessary to move some of the prisoners to the prisons in Lampang and Chiang Mai. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Prison in Chiang Rai

1042. Reference : MM-1-18-223

police

| July 27, 1960. In Chiang Kham district there were about 30 police officers; most were local people, who had worked for a long time. The chief district officer served as district police commander. A lieutenant (captain?) was acting as commander at the local level. There were also some villagers who served as watchdogs for the police. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

police

1043. Reference : MM-1-18-224

Revenue from taxes of the district of Chiang Kham

| July 25, 1960. Chiang Kham district was able to collect taxes of 40,000 baht per year. But the expenditure on average per year cost 240,000 baht. Partly, this was due to spending on education to the amount of approximately 14,000 baht per month. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Revenue from taxes of the district of Chiang Kham

1044. Reference : MM-1-18-225

Data collection at the district office

| July 25, 1960. The chief district officer went to inspect the border areas because there were a high number of immigrants from Laos. The provincial education officer told Moerman that last year about 20% of the grade 4 primary school students from the Chiang Kham district failed the examination. Most of these children lived far from the schools. Many parents sent their children to attend private schools because the instruction focused on preparing the children to study at a higher level of education (university). This was in contrast to the government high schools, where the syllabus focused on the trade professions (such as woodworking, gardening work). | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Data collection at the district office

1045. Reference : MM-1-18-226

Manhunt for thieves of domestic animals

| May 12, 1960. A group of people visited the store and house of Moerman. They introduced themselves as tourists, and asked questions about the entire village. Later on, they admitted to being police officers. They had come to track thieves who had stolen domestic animals from the villagers. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Manhunt for thieves of domestic animals

1046. Reference : MM-1-18-227

Land papers

| October 28, 1960. The land officer came to distribute land ownership papers. The villagers had to pay two baht each. But if the villagers picked up the documents from the district office, there would be no charge. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Land papers

1047. Reference : MM-1-18-228

Phayao - Chiang Kham Road

| January 10, 1961. Corporate transport of goods using the route: Phayao to Huay Kaew to Chiang Kham to Pong, needed to pay a tax to maintain the roads amounting to 500 baht. Trucks which transported rice from the mills to the town of Phayao would get ten baht per sack. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Phayao - Chiang Kham Road

1048. Reference : MM-1-18-229

Sopong bridge

| January 11, 1961. Chert told Moerman about the construction of a bridge to Sopong. The chief district officer budgeted only 9,000 baht for construction. But the estimated cost was 15,000 baht. However, according the opinion of the Moerman, the estimate of the construction contractor was higher than the actual cost. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Sopong bridge

1049. Reference : MM-1-18-230

Chiengkham Hospital

| In Bangkok, Moerman visited Dr. Che:t. Dr. Che:t mentioned that this year the Ministry of Health aimed to build a hospital in Chiengkham district, and allowed doctors overtime to treat outpatients to gain extra income. In the opinion of Dr. Che:t, the construction of roads would lead to the development of the area, such as in education, health and administration. August 19, 1960. Moerman and Jay came to see the sub-district headman in order to monitor progress of the construction of the hospital. The Ministry of Health supported the construction of the hospital, to the amount of 300,000 baht. Residents of Chiang Kham district also supported the construction to the amount of 100,000 baht. They had donated rice to be sold and the profit utilized for this purpose. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Chiengkham Hospital

1050. Reference : MM-1-18-231

District Council members

| March 27, 1960. Two members of each sub-district council would attend a meeting of the provincial council. The manager of the mill who spoke with Moerman was a member of the district council. He had a brother who had studied in Bangkok, and he also planned to study in Bangkok soon. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

District Council members