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)

291. Reference : MM-1-14-34

Funeral

| There are two types of Lue funeral: burial and cremation. Observation of funerals by Moerman; participants and seating | Punch card

Funeral

292. Reference : MM-1-14-35

Technology Housebuilding

| 13 October 1959 – Dates on which to commence building, how to set house posts. Vocabulary concerning rice farming. | Punch card

Technology Housebuilding

293. Reference : MM-1-14-36

Village Government Prachum

| Village meeting concerning demonstrations of traditional Lue songs for Moerman, bridge construction, and cheating by the butcher in the market. | Punch card

Village Government Prachum

294. Reference : MM-1-14-37

| Map of the region around Kham river. A sketch map of the region and the size of the district during the Japanese occupation of Thailand,1942-45. | Punch card

295. Reference : MM-1-14-38

ja: pa:ma: Shan medicine making

| The process of making medicine. | Punch card

ja: pa:ma: Shan medicine making

296. Reference : MM-1-14-39

Tems of address : informants : Pawn and tutong

| Terms of address for women, men, priests and novices. | Punch card

Tems of address : informants : Pawn and tutong

297. Reference : MM-1-14-40

Chiengkham

| Christians believe God is everywhere. Buddhists and Christians living together. Comparison of religions and principles. | Punch card

Chiengkham

298. Reference : MM-1-14-41

| Charun's husband’s funeral 3 November 1959 – Charun used photos of her husband’s funeral to relate stories about her husband and his funeral | Punch card

299. Reference : MM-1-14-42

Tribal-lowland relats.

| 22 October 1959 - Lowland people fear mountain people, but this fear is not reciprocated. Government officers try to convince mountain people to settle in lowland areas. Beliefs and way of life of mountain people. | Punch card

Tribal-lowland relats.

300. Reference : MM-1-14-43

Lue/muong relations.

| 7 November 1959 - Children's choice of language is dependent on the society in which they live | Punch card

Lue/muong relations.