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)

811. Reference : MM-1-14-144

Daily events.

| 26 April 1960 – Activities performed by villagers from morning until evening; animal husbandry; transportation; Lue houses; rice cultivation by the headman; candle making. | Punch card

Daily events.

812. Reference : MM-1-14-145

Daily events.

| 27 April 1960 – Activities performed by villagers from morning until evening; men’s and women’s tasks; food; Lue houses. | Punch card

Daily events.

813. Reference : MM-1-14-146

Daily events.

| 28 April 1960 – Activities performed by villagers from morning until evening; the sharing of labor within kinship groups; trading. | Punch card

Daily events.

814. Reference : MM-1-14-147

Daily events.

| 29 April 1960 – Activities performed by villagers from morning until evening; animal registration; Lue food; housewarming in Ban Wan; weaving. | Punch card

Daily events.

815. Reference : MM-1-14-148

Daily events.

| 30 April 1960 – Activities performed by villagers from morning until evening; Lue food. | Punch card

Daily events.

816. Reference : MM-1-14-149

Daily events.

| 1 May 1960 – Activities performed by villagers from morning until evening; the funerals of children; plantations | Punch card

Daily events.

817. Reference : MM-1-14-150

Daily events.

| 2 May 1960 – Activities performed by villagers from morning until evening; Kaew's illness; rice trading; Lue food; traditional remedies. | Punch card

Daily events.

818. Reference : MM-1-21-221

Legal strategies

| January 14,1969. Krainsri informed Moerman about the progress made towards the preparations for a case over market management, which was to be heard at a court in Bangkok. (Ton Lum Yai market – information from translator). The case stemmed from conflicting claims between two different families; the Nimmanahaeminda and the Na Chiang Mai. | Punch card

Legal strategies

819. Reference : MM-1-21-222

Rush at the end of year

| December 23 and 30, 1968. From the observations of Moerman, the court was in a rush to judge the cases before the end of the year. In some cases if the accused plead guilty, the court was willing to reduce the penalty to one-half. | Punch card

Rush at the end of year

820. Reference : MM-1-21-223

Courtroom interaction

| January14, March 17, April 3, June 27, August 10, 1969. Moerman had been monitoring the reactions of the people in the court. Observations revealed a number of interesting issues such as 1) Tawin did not know anything about the cases until he sat at the bench; 2) the prosecutors asked the court registrar to testify at a trial; 3) Suthon negotiated something with an elderly man at the back of the court and agreed on a price for 5 persons of 400 baht (expense for case conduct?); 4) No smoking was allowed inside the courtroom. | Punch card

Courtroom interaction