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

2401. Reference : MM-1-21-718

Buffalo lost

| November 8, 1960. The buffalo of M. Kew were missing from the space under the house. The people helped find them, and later they found the buffalo in the forest to the east of the village. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Buffalo lost

2402. Reference : MM-1-21-719

Divorce of On and Kong

| February 13, 1961. Kong's wife wanted to stay at a new address and she no longer stayed in this village. They would sell rice to repay the debt and the remainder would be divided with two thirds for the wife and one third left. He would not take care of his wife and her father anymore. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Divorce of On and Kong

2403. Reference : MM-1-21-720

Pomelo tree caused the quarrel between M. Ngen and M. Kew.

| November 26, 1960. The branches of the pomelo tree of M. Ngen enroached upon the area of M. Kew, and there was no more pomelo on the tree. M. Kew was accused by M. Ngen of taking the fruit away, but he thought that the children could have climbed up the tree and taken pomelo. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Pomelo tree caused the quarrel between M. Ngen and M. Kew.

2404. Reference : MM-1-21-721

Stealing the watch of Tu Tong

| August 18, 1960. Last night the watch of Tu Tong was stolen. The thief might have the key of Tu Tong. Later it was found out that M. Seng tried to sell the watch of Tu Tong to the mill owner at the market, but he did not agree to buy the watch. Lastly Pha Coj found it outside of his room. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Stealing the watch of Tu Tong

2405. Reference : MM-1-21-722

Illegal alcohol

| August 13, 1960. Cum, Khamd Eng H wanted a commission from the fines. So Khamd Eng decided to inform the police that M. Caj had illegally brewed alcohol. When the police came to investigate at his home there was no evidence because his wife had poured out the liquor and smashed it into the river, and she had broken all the bottles. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Illegal alcohol

2406. Reference : MM-1-21-723

Villagers and officials

| June 20, 1965. According to the perception of officials, many Lao people were in Sri Saket, located in the Northeast. Lao people had a ‘dirty’ livelihood, destroying the forests and catching even small fish. While Thai Lue people were hill tribesmen, they were afraid of the communists who smuggled through Thailand. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Villagers and officials

2407. Reference : MM-1-21-724

Suk and Saj

| June 21, 1965. Saj married Suk, who had sex with many men even though she was married to him. Later Suk got remarried to Kalom and had children, but she still behaved in the same manner. Her husband never knew his wife slept with someone when he left home. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Suk and Saj

2408. Reference : MM-1-21-725

Reputation.

| July 2, 1965. Myang worked hard, but he always liked gambling. He quarreled with others in the family who worked outside. Even adults in the family should educate their children and behave as a role model. But if children could do better than adults, then the adults needed to learn from the children. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Reputation.

2409. Reference : MM-1-21-726

Khe-Saj-Faj.

| June 18, 1965. Faj was gallant. For example, when Suk and Sai were having a fight, Faj had helped. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Khe-Saj-Faj.

2410. Reference : MM-1-21-727

Knowledge of the future.

| June 18, 1965. The Head read a fortune telling book about today, which predicted that this day would be a good day for planting trees. So Moerman thought about perhaps growing a banana tree. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Knowledge of the future.