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

1071. Reference : MM-1-18-255

Chiangban School: paying the sawyers

| September 2, 1960. The lawyers and village leaders were in a meeting and discussed the amount and price of wood to be used for the construction of temples and the school. The meeting concluded that the school would pay a difference in the amount of 12 baht to the temple (?). | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Chiangban School: paying the sawyers

1072. Reference : MM-1-18-254

Chiangban School

| August 3, 1960. The teacher called the village leaders to a meeting to discuss the issue that people were not willing with the donation of money to help build the school. Myang said that most people chose to donate money to the temple rather than donate to the school. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Chiangban School

1073. Reference : MM-1-18-256

Chiangban School

| February 23, 1961. The village headman met the schoolmaster of Chiang Ban School and talked about the issues involved in the construction of the new school. 1) How to find a new carpenter to replace the former carpenter, who was recently deceased. 2) According to the opinion of meeting members, the mobilization of the workforce would be very difficult because people did not understand public dedication. 3) The principal asked about donations from each village for the school construction. However, the amount of donated money was divided by the number of villages, not divided by the number of households in each village. As a result, some villages which had a low populace had to bear the different for the low numbers of households. Also, each village had a different level of revenue. 4) The school principal asked about bricks and wood from each village to be donated for the school construction. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Chiangban School

1074. Reference : MM-1-18-257

Chiangban School

| February 23, 1960. (event, related to the records number of MM-1-18-256). At the meeting, the shortage of materials to be used in the construction of the new Chiang Ban School was discussed. Most people did not agree to share in the workforce and materials because it would cause a delay in the work. Lastly, it was agreed to cut additional wood. However, they had to request permission from the governor and the forest officer at the district office. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Chiangban School

1075. Reference : MM-1-18-258

The report to the government

| March 22, 1960. Kamnan called the villagers for a donation of wood and money to help with the construction of the school. It was necessary for each household to report the number of members, land holdings, cultivated rice, number of animals, and etc. This would be reported to the district, and then the report was submitted to the provincial authorities and to the central authorities (in Bangkok) consecutively. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

The report to the government

1076. Reference : MM-1-18-259

Official Announcements

| February 17, 1960. The village headman warned the villagers to not forget to pay land taxes at the district office. February 22, 1960. The village headman reminded people about donating bricks for the construction of the new school and for assistance with labor in the construction of a bridge across the ditch. February 23, 1960. At a meeting it was determined the number of people to assist with the construction of the temple and the school. March 5, 1960. The headman read the announcements. For example, gambling was prohibited, and cleanliness important. If there were and non-locals staying overnight, residents would have to notify the headman. March 13, 1960. Many people were sick in the village, and the monks were invited to proceed with a ceremony. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Official Announcements

1077. Reference : MM-1-18-260

Donated rice

| January 18, 1960. At the meeting they discussed the need for villagers to donate rice to the authorities, so that it could be used as capital to build the hospital. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Donated rice

1078. Reference : MM-1-18-261

Meeting of Elders

| March 25, 1960. The headman called the village elders to discuss, for example, the way in which the villagers would help Ban So, Mae Na Rua, Muang, and Phayao, which had just suffered from outbreaks of fire and the donation of wood in order to build new Chiang Ban School etc. Moerman plotted the seating of the attendees. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Meeting of Elders

1079. Reference : MM-1-18-263

Census

| April 24, 1960. The assistant village headman declared that the following day there would be a census conducted and there would be questions about age, income, etc. After the meeting villagers told Moerman that in a communist country old men who could not work would be killed and eaten. Some said that they would only be killed. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Census

1080. Reference : MM-1-18-264

Meeting

| April 28, 1960. The headman called villagers for a meeting to discuss a number of issues. There would be a census on the following day. In the same month there would be an offering ceremony to the spirit of the village. Every home had to donate money in order to purchase the chickens to be used in the ceremony. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Meeting