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

1681. Reference : MM-1-12-152

Plowing.

| Plowing by cow or buffalo per day and method of plowing. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Plowing.

1682. Reference : MM-1-12-153

Plowing.

| Villagers hired a tractor driver to plow Nong Than and the appointment between owner of the field and the tractor owner. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Plowing.

1683. Reference : MM-1-12-154

Sowing rice.

| Sowing, use of seeds per field, and activities of the villager while plowing and hiring labor. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Sowing rice.

1684. Reference : MM-1-12-155

Plantation

| The fields for plantation and wages for plowing. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Plantation

1685. Reference : MM-1-12-156

Sowing rice.

| The sale of seeds and quantity for sowing. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Sowing rice.

1686. Reference : MM-1-12-157

Land perparation.

| Land preparation for planting seedlings, including the burning of the field before sowing, fence making, utilization of fertilizer, and preparation of the ground. The information also covers rice quantity for sowing and seedling by Sak din. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Land perparation.

1687. Reference : MM-1-12-158

Fertiliser.

| Use of manure in the rice field when there has not been a fertilizer put in the seedbed. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Fertiliser.

1688. Reference : MM-1-12-159

Growing period.

| Ing river was also a water resource for rice farming at Tung Law. Grass was a weed which was able to overgrow the rice. On the contrary, there was no weed at Tung Luang. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Growing period.

1689. Reference : MM-1-12-160

Rain destroys some ripe rice.

| Because of rain, the harvest was delayed. The harvested rice was delayed since it was soaking from rain, and wet rice was unable to be threshed, it had to be dried in the sunlight. This year the rice cost would be expensive because of the damage from the rain. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Rain destroys some ripe rice.

1690. Reference : MM-1-12-161

Rice, growing period.

| After the rice was planted, the villagers would care for the rice through the prevention of insects. They provided offerings to insects or to the guardian spirit to protect the rice. If someone had money, they could buy and use insecticide. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Rice, growing period.