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)

491. Reference : MM-1-125-5

| Thai historical information from ‘upcountry’ in the north, during the reign of King Rama III. | Punch card

492. Reference : MM-1-113/7

| Number of students in classes from Grade 1 to 4, disaggregated by gender. | Punch card

493. Reference : MM-1-113/8

| Comparison between Lue and Thai belief in the annual cycle. | Punch card

494. Reference : MM-1-125-2

| The culture of the Tai Lue, including information about books made from palm leaf, mulberry paper, dress, traditions, female prohibition, and travel across villages and districts. | Punch card

495. Reference : MM-1-125-3

| Previous methods of livelihoods in Nan province, including the government prior to the Siamese intervention. | Punch card

496. Reference : MM-1-109-28

| September 1, 1960 A letter from Moerman to Dr. Sala Dasananda. Moerman expressed thankfulness for the provision of information from the analysis of the farmer’s choice between rice and glutinous rice. | Letter

497. Reference : MM-1-109-24

| A letter from Moerman to Thomas McHale, requesting ecological data and physiological differences between rice and glutinous rice. It also noted the crop selection of the farmers. Moerman asked about the use of symbols in the research. | Letter

498. Reference : MM-1-109-5

| A letter from McHale to Moerman about glutinous rice and white non-glutinous rice, and the genetic differentiations of rice. | Letter

499. Reference : MM-1-109-36

| July 23, 1960 A letter from Moerman to Thomas McHale, expressing thankfulness for the clarification of rice. Moerman described research in which he gained information from farmers in order to find selection of rice crop. | Letter

500. Reference : MM-1-109-1

| August 3, 1960 Letter from McHale to Moerman to express appreciation to Moerman for his picture of molasses making. He requested that more information be sent regarding the cultivation of sugar cane and sugar production. | Letter