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)

451. Reference : MM-1-16-52

| Educational instruction in the previous times took place at the temple, so women were not able to study. The study is about religion. | Punch card

452. Reference : MM-1-16-53

| In previous times, a representative from each Tai Lue village would have to go to Nan city three times a year to drink, and show their allegiance. Details about the system of feudalism and the government in Nan, and the class system in Ban Phead village. | Punch card

453. Reference : MM-1-16-54

| Production of silverware, textile, pottery and mulberry paper. | Punch card

454. Reference : MM-1-16-55

| Founding a new family, and the size of families in the past. | Punch card

455. Reference : MM-1-16-56

| Trading with other villages, and the goods for sale: agricultural products and livestock. | Punch card

456. Reference : MM-1-16-57

Old Times: Construction

| House construction: the price of wood, house poles, digging drainage, payment for the carpenter, oxen, and liquor. | Punch card

Old Times: Construction

457. Reference : MM-1-16-58

| The title Kru ba is used for a monk who has been ordained for 10 to 15 years. However, the title does not exist anymore. In Ban Phaed, a man was usually ordained between 10 and 15 years old and left the Buddhist monkhood between 30 to 35 years of age. | Punch card

458. Reference : MM-1-16-59

| Changing of customs and tradition: tattoos, spirit worship, cloth, hair style, etc. | Punch card

459. Reference : MM-1-16-60

| The time for Tai Lue weddings is usually during the harvest time. They prefer to marry within the same ethnic group. | Punch card

460. Reference : MM-1-16-61

| The Tai Lue rice farming and livestock. The conditions for farming, rental of the field, sharing the yield, and rice trading. | Punch card