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)

71. Reference : MM-1-11-113

Housewarming ceremony

| A conversation about khap lue (Lue traditional songs). The differences in the climate between Sipsongpanna and Chiang Rai. A housewarming ceremony. | Punch card

Housewarming ceremony

72. Reference : MM-1-11-114

Methaw kongseng.

| Buffalo feeding – they are usually left to eat grass in fields in the morning and herded back home in the evening. | Punch card

Methaw kongseng.

73. Reference : MM-1-11-115

Sala seng.

| Salaseng was sick. Help from Moerman. | Punch card

Sala seng.

74. Reference : MM-1-11-116

Phinong.

| Help and conflict among siblings, and taking care of their parents when children have their own family. | Punch card

Phinong.

75. Reference : MM-1-11-117

Young-old.

| Relationship between the elder and young generations in a family. | Punch card

Young-old.

76. Reference : MM-1-11-118

Sio.

| People who were born in the same year are called sio, it means friend. | Punch card

Sio.

77. Reference : MM-1-11-119

Gifts-reciprocation.

| Villagers usually bring items to Moerman and his wife: tobacco, ginger, banana, egg, mango, lemon etc. It is a form of exchange between villagers. | Punch card

Gifts-reciprocation.

78. Reference : MM-1-11-120

Property borrowing.

| Villagers borrow paddy and other items from each other. | Punch card

Property borrowing.

79. Reference : MM-1-11-121

Kun tha:w.

| Elder's activities, clothing, and their feeling of loneliness. | Punch card

Kun tha:w.

80. Reference : MM-1-11-122

M. kham personal history.

| The profile of Maikham and a short biography. | Punch card

M. kham personal history.