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)

1721. Reference : MM-1-12-192

REciprocal labor.

| Children should not be sent to work in construction, aside from helping their own parents. They should do heavy labour like adults. | Punch card

REciprocal labor.

1722. Reference : MM-1-12-193

Trip to tobacco plant.

| Work in binding of leaves in tobacco factory in Chiang kham. The payment was both daily and counted by piece of work. Elder children gained more than the younger. | Punch card

Trip to tobacco plant.

1723. Reference : MM-1-12-194

Labor (non-rice).

| A few villagers were hired to clear grass, while some were hired to make fences. | Punch card

Labor (non-rice).

1724. Reference : MM-1-12-195

Carting.

| The villagers drove carts to transport rice and goods such as tobacco leaves and peanuts for sale in town or different villages. They also used a pick-up to transport products. | Punch card

Carting.

1725. Reference : MM-1-12-196

Oxcarts.

| In the village, there were not many carts. The villagers used to carry the owner's products or belongings or to be employed in the transportation of the products of others. | Punch card

Oxcarts.

1726. Reference : MM-1-12-197

| The villagers transported the harvested rice from the fields to the village via cart. The information covers the amount of rice transported each day, and labor exchange amongst the villagers to transport the rice. | Punch card

1727. Reference : MM-1-12-198

Buying and selling carts.

| Carts were traded among the villagers, and sometimes they traded with other villages. An old cart could be sold to buy or barter for a new one. On occasion, traders sold carts in the village | Punch card

Buying and selling carts.

1728. Reference : MM-1-12-199

Employment for the transportation of rice

| For relatives, the transport of rice from the fields to the home was free of charge. In other cases, the wage was given in the form of rice, as per the agreement. | Punch card

Employment for the transportation of rice

1729. Reference : MM-1-12-200

The transportation of rice

| The transportation of rice was delayed because of the rain, and the cost of hiring a cart increased. Villagers used their own carts to carry rice or joined together with neighbors and relatives for transportation. | Punch card

The transportation of rice

1730. Reference : MM-1-12-201

Harvest carting & disposition of crop.

| The transportation of rice by cart from the fields is at times more expensive more than the rice. Details of the expenses of the harvest of Seng. | Punch card

Harvest carting & disposition of crop.