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)

351. Reference : MM-1-11-69

Curing.

| Villager believe that both traditional medicine and pharmaceutical are beneficial as remedies. But traditional medicine is cheaper than pharmaceutical. Moreover, villagers can not read the label on a container so they do not understand how to use it. | Punch card

Curing.

352. Reference : MM-1-11-70

Dumb.

| There are four mutes in Ban Phead. They are often annoyed by the children. | Punch card

Dumb.

353. Reference : MM-1-11-71

Medecine.

| There is still a traditional doctor, called mo thung deng, in the village. However, the villagers are cured by both traditional medicine and modern medicine. | Punch card

Medecine.

354. Reference : MM-1-11-72

Health : smallpox.

| There was a smallpox epidemic 15-16 years ago, causing death. | Punch card

Health : smallpox.

355. Reference : MM-1-11-73

Vitamin B.

| Children usually get ariboflavinosis. Marianne suggested to mother who just gave a birth to eat coarse rice and rice bran. | Punch card

Vitamin B.

356. Reference : MM-1-11-74

| A blind man from Chiengkham came to the village selling goods. Children paid attention to him because it was a strange sight to them. | Punch card

357. Reference : MM-1-11-75

Attitudes to medecial attention.

| Villagers use lime for treating a wound. There are two kinds of healing for sickness: by traditional doctor and by modern doctor. | Punch card

Attitudes to medecial attention.

358. Reference : MM-1-11-76

The illness & death of m.caj.

| The son of Maejai was sick, and he was cured by a traditional doctor. Maejai believed that being offensive to the spirits causes sickness. Finally, her son passed away. | Punch card

The illness & death of m.caj.

359. Reference : MM-1-11-77

Su: khwan when not well.

| Chan was sick. She visited Thammachai to do a ritual for healing. | Punch card

Su: khwan when not well.

360. Reference : MM-1-11-78/1

Funeral and death.

| Tuberculosis causes death in village. The management of deceased people includes: the procedures for funeral preparation; belief in funeral; funerary activities; ritual after cremation. | Punch card

Funeral and death.