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)

151. Reference : MM-1-16-23

| The villagers of Ban Phead gathered together for joint activities, and a festival in the village. | Punch card

152. Reference : MM-1-16-24

Ceremony for indivduals

| Theceremony at the temple, including details of the ritual and ceremonial items. | Punch card

Ceremony for indivduals

153. Reference : MM-1-16-25

| Activities following the Songkran festival. Cousins and family who live in other places will return back to their hometowns after asking for forgiveness from elders and people who they respect. | Punch card

154. Reference : MM-1-16-26

| A list of names for people who have responsibility for the restoration of the wihan (Buddha image hall) on 21-24 February. | Punch card

155. Reference : MM-1-16-27

| Wihan (Buddha image hall) restoration. A meeting to inform about the details of the restoration processes: labors, the problems encountered during work, and solutions (26 January – 25 September 1960). | Punch card

156. Reference : MM-1-16-28

| Mang, Thungmok, Phaed, Wen, La, Saj, Yuan, and Chieng ban are the names of villages in Sipsongpanna. The Tai Lue people, who moved from Sipsongpanna to settle in Thailand, used names of these villages to name new villages in Thailand. | Punch card

157. Reference : MM-1-16-29

| Changing of the Tai Lue village. | Punch card

158. Reference : MM-1-16-30

| The names of villages in Chiengkham are not always derived from the names of cities in Sipsongpanna. Some are taken from the names of rivers or landmarks in Cheingkham. | Punch card

159. Reference : MM-1-16-31

| The ancestors of the Tai Lue came from 'Sipsongpanna' in Yunnan province. | Punch card

160. Reference : MM-1-16-32

| The native people of Ban Phead are Yuan. When the Tai Lue moved to the village, the Yuan moved to another location. However some of the Yuan people married with the Tai Lue. | Punch card