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

1051. Reference : MM-1-18-233

HueKaewKam

| February 15, 1960. Moerman accompanied the chief district officer and his team. One member of the team was a British consultant. The trip aimed to explore the situation along the border, and whether there was threat from the communists. During the travel, the team encountered a girl and many of the members of the team tried to flirt and have sex with her. The chief ordered the stores to put leftovers into a waste bin for burning at a later time. The chief planned to screen films on the prevention of fire to the residents, so he requested support from the shops. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

HueKaewKam

1052. Reference : MM-1-18-234

The others opinion

| January 27, 1960. A restaurant owner in Phaed who was not a local had a poor attitude towards the villagers, and to the headman in particular. In his opinion, the headman seemed to be a major cause of problems in the village. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

The others opinion

1053. Reference : MM-1-18-235

Meeting

| September 15, 1960. A meeting was held at Yuan School. The topics were as follows: First, the creation of funds aimed to provide assistance to officials, village headmen and sub-district heads, who died while on duty. Second, each year the logging of timber was controlled, and there were only some specific areas where people could go to cut down trees. Third, the collection of taxes on alcohol and animals did not achieve its target, and the chief district officer asked the village headmen and sub-district heads to supervise the collection of these taxes. Fourth, any villagers who had not yet donated rice were called to make a donation immediately, so that the district authorities could issue a receipt. And if there were no objections, the authorities would sell the donated rice in order to finance the construction of the new hospital. Fifth, before the rainy season this year the chief district officer asked the villagers to help with the repair of the roads. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Meeting

1054. Reference : MM-1-18-236

Monthly village meeting in November 1960

| November 7, 1960. There were several important topics. The chief district requested assistance from the villagers to prepare for the provincial level meeting. Second, the chief district officer asked villagers about the numbers and availability of insecticide spraying equipment, in order to report to the district. Third, the department of rice requested that each village send the best samples of rice and glutinous rice to the department. It would be used for the development of rice strains. In addition, the provincial authorities needed to conduct a census in each village, in particular the number of Hmong from Laos who were living in the village. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Monthly village meeting in November 1960

1055. Reference : MM-1-18-237

Monthly village meeting in February 1961

| February 7, 1961. Topics of interest were covered as follows. First, there would be training in development. All sub-district heads must participate in this training. Second, villagers needed to be careful of fire, which may occur during this season. Third, the village shops had to clearly show the price of goods, and not sell the goods for more than that price. Fourth, the sale of cigarettes without a permit would result in a fine of 200 baht. Fifth, the situation on the border was quite worrisome. If villagers were suspicious of strangers, they were asked to notify the authorities immediately, in particular Lao and Vietnamese people. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Monthly village meeting in February 1961

1056. Reference : MM-1-18-238

Language

| September 19, 1960. KongsEng and Kan were Lue people. They could not speak Central Thai. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Language

1057. Reference : MM-1-18-239

Lue and Myang people.

| January 13, 1959. Lue people accused of the Myang of being lazy. The Myang people alleged that the Lue were stingy. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Lue and Myang people.

1058. Reference : MM-1-18-240

Political situation in Laos

| July-November 1960. The political situation in Laos was stressful, and many Laotians migrated to the Chiang Kham district. Both the liberal countries (lead by the USA) and the Communist countries (Russia, China, Vietnam) had intervened in the chaos in Laos. Many of the Hmong from the Thai side of the border crossed over to help the Hmong in Laos, against the military of the government. Hmong soldiers tried to persuade the Yao people to join the fight with on Thai side of the border. The Thai side was prepared by the cross-border invasion of Hmong soldiers. December 3, 1960. The village headman had been notified to keep awareness of the situation. On that day, there would be Hmong soldiers invading the district of Chiang Kham. The villagers were called to a meeting by the village headman in order to cope with the situation. Many people were fearful and fled to the field. However, no Hmong soldiers were across on the Thai side. Throughout the month of December, there were always rumors that the Hmong army would invade and cross over the Thai side of the border at all times. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Political situation in Laos

1059. Reference : MM-1-18-241

Military of Guo Min Tang

| March 7, 1961. No and Kru Can talked about 1,000 Chinese soldiers coming to Tung Lo. They were supported with weapons by the U.S. Pridi Phnomyong was still refugee abroad, but he planned to return to Thailand again. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Military of Guo Min Tang

1060. Reference : MM-1-18-243

Road from Ban Phaed to Tung Lo.

| November 14, 1960. The village headman called the villagers to ask their cooperation and help in repairing the road from Ban Phaed to Tung Lo. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Road from Ban Phaed to Tung Lo.