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)

1761. Reference : MM-1-12-234

Weaving mats.

| Weaving of mats to be utilized to sit in carts: purchase of bamboo strips, size of the mat and number of strips, and name list of the weavers. | Punch card

Weaving mats.

1762. Reference : MM-1-12-235

Handicrafts of the villagers

| For instance for cabalistic writing the artisan could gain 3,000 baht a year. | Punch card

Handicrafts of the villagers

1763. Reference : MM-1-12-236

Trading in the village

| The sale of agricultural products such as bananas, vegetables, wild food, dessert, rice whiskey, tobacco, fermented crabs, and handcrafts such as silverware, wicker. Sometimes they barter with other villages for items such as textiles, cane juice, soybean oil. | Punch card

Trading in the village

1764. Reference : MM-1-12-237

Trading in the mountains.

| The villagers went to the highland to trade with the highlanders, and they gained 160 - 400 baht per trip. The highlanders were politically independent, and the problem would be solved by the village elders. | Punch card

Trading in the mountains.

1765. Reference : MM-1-12-238

Trade minor.

| Some villagers bought vegetable and eggs from the market and sold them in the village to make a profit. | Punch card

Trade minor.

1766. Reference : MM-1-12-239

N. ban trading trip.

| Nanban bought fish for sale in Nan and Phrae, and traveled to Chiang Mai, returning to Chiang Kham through Lampang. He gained 1,000 baht for profit. | Punch card

N. ban trading trip.

1767. Reference : MM-1-12-240

Trade Khamlaj.

| Khamlai thought that trading was more profitable than farming. A trader could gain 100-200 monthly, if Yao had money to buy a lot of things. | Punch card

Trade Khamlaj.

1768. Reference : MM-1-12-241

| Saeng went to buy peanuts at Ban Phalat. He paid 7 baht and sold them for 8.50 baht. | Punch card

1769. Reference : MM-1-12-242

Selling meat.

| Brewery settlement and sale of alcohol in the village. One bottle of rice wine cost 50 Satang. In the old days there was no revenue stamp. The sales could be by both cash and credit. | Punch card

Selling meat.

1770. Reference : MM-1-12-243

Sale of Lao.

| Maikam allowed a butcher to use his house as shop, because he didn't want to kill animals by himself. | Punch card

Sale of Lao.