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

2411. Reference : MM-1-21-728

Evidencee.

| June 27, 1965. Moerman debated with Me Seng about number of the dead in the CB. She believed that the new system, in which members of the village pay 2-3 baht to help the family of the dead, had resulted in more deaths being counted than ever. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Evidencee.

2412. Reference : MM-1-21-729

Gossip.

| June 23, 1965. N. Bun left his wife to live with another woman. June 27, 1965. Cum went gambling and paid 12,000 baht, which was the money to buy land. He thought about borrowing money from people in the village. But Po. Seng was not certain that Cum had really incurred the debt from gambling. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Gossip.

2413. Reference : MM-1-21-730

Gossip.

| June 21, 1965. N. Lut was shot by Ly. The bullet hit his eye, turning him blind in that eye, and the ammunition remained in his head. Later, the incident was reported to the district administration, the case could not easily be concluded. The headman liked drinking and gambling. He was out of money and therefore he had no money to buy food, so he asked the others for food. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Gossip.

2414. Reference : MM-1-21-731

Villagers and officials.

| June 25, 1965. A lot of money was spent for the concrete dam, Faj kWang, because there was a lot of water. However when the irrigation was functioning, the water was allocated to the gardens. Thus the rice farmers complained. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Villagers and officials.

2415. Reference : MM-1-21-732

Gossip.

| July 5, 1965. Bunsi asked the headman whether he agreed that formerly M. Khamping had invited Khamno, but Khamno had invited Champing instead. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Gossip.

2416. Reference : MM-1-21-733

Suk and Saj.

| June 30, 1965. If Saj married Suk even in the short term, they would not loose face. Or if Suk had married Sengcoj, then they would have to separate later, and she would not loose face. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Suk and Saj.

2417. Reference : MM-1-21-734

Defamation

| June 30, 1965. Suk was a bad girl. Why don't the family and brothers teach her? And Saj was not good, he had stolen cattle, and went gambling and drinking. His brothers were ashamed at his conduct. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Defamation

2418. Reference : MM-1-21-735

Officals.

| June 12, 1965. The government was interested in the research of westerners. Later, there was a party where many guests were invited. The party could reflect on the differences between the government agents and ordinary people. June 21, 1965. NA was “very poor” man. He had to read and sign all the documents, about births, deaths or even small businesses. He was undeniably invited. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Officals.

2419. Reference : MM-1-21-736

Villagers and officals.

| July 7, 1965. A Yao woman was negligent, and a fire burnt her house. It caused the death of a 3-month-old child. Villagers insisted that she should pay a fine of 200 Baht and if she could not pay the fine she should be imprisoned. The laws are written to apply to all Thai people, even hill tribesmen. Therefore, they should be educated about the law. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Villagers and officals.

2420. Reference : MM-1-21-737

Villagers and officals.

| July 7, 1965. Nai Roi met people who were selling buffalo, but the registration of the animals was invalid. He asked the villagers to come to meet him tomorrow to recieve a new document. On the following day, the villagers came to meet him. But they met a police officer, the police considered the business illegitimate. The villagers did not meet Nao Roi, but he appeared angry with the villagers, who did not come by appointment. So he ordered the police to arrest the people by accusing them to be a murderer or thief. The family of the residents or Seng went to see headman to ask for help, and finally Seng was also released. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Villagers and officals.