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)

1711. Reference : MM-1-12-182

Millers come to Phaed.

| Middlemen drove the truck to a village to buy rice from the villagers. They gained commission through a percentage from the miller. The information includes the price of paddy. | Punch card

Millers come to Phaed.

1712. Reference : MM-1-12-183

Rice trading by middlemen

| Middlemen bought and sent rice to the mill. Information regarding the prices, rice keeping and reselling for gaining profit, price of glutinous rice and rice per bucket or per kilogram or per picul in the market, and the transportation of rice by cart to town | Punch card

Rice trading by middlemen

1713. Reference : MM-1-12-184

Seng as a businessman.

| Saeng worked at the mill. He bought rice and other products and carried them back to the mill. For each 100 piculs, he gained 25 baht. | Punch card

Seng as a businessman.

1714. Reference : MM-1-12-185

Headman return with new blankets from market.

| The headman brought money from selling rice for items such as clothes, cart and ox. | Punch card

Headman return with new blankets from market.

1715. Reference : MM-1-12-186

Rice Middleman.

| Saeng bought green rice from gamblers at 500 piculs by making a contract agreement to gain the profit from rice trading. | Punch card

Rice Middleman.

1716. Reference : MM-1-12-187

Nabor exchange.

| Construction of a granary through labor force of the villagers. The granary owner invited others with cigarettes, tea and tidbits wrapped in leaves to repay them for the assistance. | Punch card

Nabor exchange.

1717. Reference : MM-1-12-188

Seasonal activities.

| When farmers finished by planting rice, they would be employed to work in the others' fields. Young men often searched for work at the plantation in Chiang Mai, some worked in trade with the highlanders. | Punch card

Seasonal activities.

1718. Reference : MM-1-12-189

Work at the miang gardens in Chiang Mai.

| Young men worked at the plantation in Chiang Mai after finishing the transplantation of sprouts. | Punch card

Work at the miang gardens in Chiang Mai.

1719. Reference : MM-1-12-190

Ban Phead division of labor men.

| Division of customary male labor: farming, construction, woodwork, fishing, handicraft, monastery activities and general work. | Punch card

Ban Phead division of labor men.

1720. Reference : MM-1-12-191

Ban Phead division of labor women.

| Division of customary female labor: farming, gardening, fishing, gathering, monastery activities and handicraft. | Punch card

Ban Phead division of labor women.