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

2391. Reference : MM-1-21-708

The second hearing

| March 7, 1961. Ajarn Chan came to visit the headman at home to talk business. The headman was trying to invite her to have dinner, but she refused. The headman complained to the teacher about the headman manual book (?) and very low salaries. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

The second hearing

2392. Reference : MM-1-21-709

Suk injured (?)

| March 7, 1961. M. Chom visited the headman at home early in the morning because of concerns about Suk. Later, Nang and Bun came to see the headman, and they needed help to buy medicine. [the event related to the information recorded in the card No. MM-21-711? - Translator.] | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Suk injured (?)

2393. Reference : MM-1-21-710

Defamation and ask for forgiveness

| March 6, 1961. The headman accepted 25 baht and a bottle of rice wine from Kham Chan in order to forgive him as he defamed the headman. The wine was poured into glasses for everyone. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Defamation and ask for forgiveness

2394. Reference : MM-1-21-711

Suk was assaulted

| March 2, 1961. Suk was hit on the head and injured. A suspect had still not been arrested, because at the time it was crowded. Later Kham Chan said that M. Kaew had hurt Suk, but he denied the accusation. Moreover, Suk and Saeng were in controversy because he accused Saeng of hitting his head and used an ax to assault him. But Saeng could escape, and informed the police of the incident. March 3, 1961. M. Khamchan blamed the village committee for making the headman unsatisfied. Regarding the controversy between Suk and Saeng, In Kam had helped settle the problem. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Suk was assaulted

2395. Reference : MM-1-21-712

Management of the property of Kham Mi

| March 10, 1961. Kham Mi came to consult with Chan Mai, Chan Ta, Bun Si and the headman regarding the provision of his property. He wanted to sell some part of land because there was no one to help him. But the headman suggested that if there was no assistance, Kahm Mi could leave it deserted. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Management of the property of Kham Mi

2396. Reference : MM-1-21-713

Cart hit a child

| October 29, 1960. Two men rode a cart from Ban Wan and hit a child. Then they fled without helping the injured child. The school principal was very dissatisfied and would conduct a welcoming ceremony for the child. The headman also commissioned someone to call both men to take responsibility for the accident. But they did not care to apologize to the child. The headman planned to report the accident to sub-district heads. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Cart hit a child

2397. Reference : MM-1-21-714

Evidence in the arrest of thieves

| August 25, 1960. The village headman complained about the police to the Sub-district Chief because they still could not arrest the thieves who stole the pigs. In fact, the police did not have enough evidence to arrest them and they were afraid of witnesses who may change their testimony. Consequently, the police may lose face. The police would need to wait for solid evidence before arresting them. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Evidence in the arrest of thieves

2398. Reference : MM-1-21-715

Pork thieves

| August 20, 1960. Thieves stole pigs from the house of Ae Ta. Villagers helped each other find the thieves. Later the pigs were killed, and they portioned the pork out between them. The villagers figured out that Kham Waew was one of the thieves because she brought the pork back home on the Buddhist Sabbaht, which was the day of mercy (i.e. no animal killing). However, many villagers did not dare to testify for fear of being attacked. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Pork thieves

2399. Reference : MM-1-21-716

Stealing Buffalo

| August 25, 1960. Sao went to the police station to bail Waen out on the charges of stealing buffalo. He introduced a bill from the tax payment on land for mortgage security. However, the bill could not be used to bail out the accused. Later Waen was bailed out because he was slandered by the police. The village headman and the villagers believed in the words of Waen because he was young, and he had never behaved badly before. (event related with the document no. MM-21-717 – translator). | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Stealing Buffalo

2400. Reference : MM-1-21-717

Stealing Buffalo

| August 9, 1960. Waen was arrested by the police with the charge of killing a buffalo. The headman believed that Waen did not do so, and that it might be people from Ban Lad. However, when Kaew asked the headman to be a witness to confirm the innocence of Waen, the headman avoided doing so. Instead, he wrote a certificate to affirm the innocence of Waen and asked the Sub-district Chief to testify on his behalf at the police station. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Stealing Buffalo