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

2361. Reference : MM-1-21-678

The arrest of illegal alcohol and bribe to the police

| February 21, 1961. A man from Chiang Ban district was arrested with evidence of leavening for the fermentation of wine. So trying to avoid imprisonment and being dishonorable, he tried to negotiate with the police using bribery. However, the offer was refused because at that time many people who were preset and could testify to the event. The village headman told him to invite the police home and offer the bribe when there were less people present. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

The arrest of illegal alcohol and bribe to the police

2362. Reference : MM-1-21-679

Arrest of a person who was illegally selling lottery.

| August 25, 31, 1960. The police arrested a middle-aged man in charge of the dealer's illegal lottery. The police found a chit inscribing the numbers of the lottery. The accused was later released to the village, but he needed to go back to the police station in Chiang Rai for the penalty. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Arrest of a person who was illegally selling lottery.

2363. Reference : MM-1-21-680

Phom moved out of the village

| March 6, 1961. Phom was moving out of Ban Phaed to stay at Hongmet (Jun district). Many of his relatives argued about his moving. But the majority also agreed to his move, although at Hongmet there would be less area for cultivation. But it was located near by the Ing river, which could be used as a food source | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Phom moved out of the village

2364. Reference : MM-1-21-681

Seng was drunk and cut himself

| December 18, 1960. Seng was drunk and had a dispute with his wife. He used a big knife to slice his own fingers. He met Moerman for help and treatment. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Seng was drunk and cut himself

2365. Reference : MM-1-21-682

headman had misappropriated the money of the village

| July 14, 1960. A flock of villagers talked about the village headman who wasted a lot of money for gambling. The sum of money did not belong to the village headman (Monastery donation?), and he also owed many people. M. Nor told Moerman that he should not lend money or his bicycle to the headman. The district administration did not know yet that the headman had misappropriated the money of the village. Moerman did not understand why the villagers still deposited donations to a person like the headman, who had a lack of credibility. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

headman had misappropriated the money of the village

2366. Reference : MM-1-21-683

Cows of M. Chanthapawn stolen

| June 30, 1960. N. Ta stole two cows of M. Chanthapawn and took them to sell in two of the Phayao provinces. Finally, the police arrested N. Ta and brought the cows back to M. Chanthapawn. N. Ta was penalized to be laborer in Palad until July 18. Then he might also be imprisoned for six months. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Cows of M. Chanthapawn stolen

2367. Reference : MM-1-21-684

Inefficiencies in the work of the village headman

| July 14, 1960. The headman was busy finding the money to reimburse monastery for the misappropriated donations. In addition, a mistake was found in the school accounting. An expense was over that of the recorded list of expenses. M. No severely criticized the work of the village headman. In his opinion, if the village headman was incapable to work, he should resign. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Inefficiencies in the work of the village headman

2368. Reference : MM-1-21-685

Work of the headman and the committee of the monastery

| April 12-18, 1960. Moerman observed the work of the headman, and interesting points were noted. Firstly, members of the committee talked about the money which was spent by the headman for building materials. Second, the headman wanted to choose a new village committee, but many members at the meeting disagreed. M. No denounced the fact that the money collected from the last year was lost by the headman. Some members warned M. No to not smear the headman in public because he had worked hard for the village. Third, during the meeting M. No said that he wanted to resign from the board of the monastery. He believed that village headman misappropriated money that might be used for building renovations and instead used it for his own farming. Fourth, M. No told the story of his resignation from the board and the misappropriation of donations by the headman to the abbot. Thus, the abbot called the members of the committee to ask for the reality. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Work of the headman and the committee of the monastery

2369. Reference : MM-1-21-686

Bicycle theft

| March 7-9 , 1961. Bicycle thefts took place in Ban Phaed and Ban Waen. The villagers helped to find traces laft by the theives. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Bicycle theft

2370. Reference : MM-1-21-687

Chan returned to her parents' home

| February 13, 1961. Chan returned to her parents house at Chiang Ban since she had quarreled with No: N. Boon tried to persuade his wife to come home. Finally, Chan came back to Boon and accepted that she was guilty. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Chan returned to her parents' home