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)

730

Slide

41

Photograph

2433

Punchcard

51

Letter

38

Notebook

1

Typescript

1

Map

831. Reference : MM-1-18-6

Labor Exchange

| January 28, 1961. Members of the community would gather to help neighbors until the completion of each house. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Labor Exchange

832. Reference : MM-1-18-7

Pan Kun Kin (food sharing).

| January 29, 1961. Saeng often shared items such as food, fish, vegetables and so on to his relatives and neighbors. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Pan Kun Kin (food sharing).

833. Reference : MM-1-18-8

Authorities.

| January 29, 1961. In the past, the police treated people badly. Villagers often used to capture wild animals as gifts for them. Sometimes they purchased things from the villagers at a low price. Nonetheless the police planned to trap the villagers making mistakes in order to make arrests and call for bribes. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Authorities.

834. Reference : MM-1-18-9

Conditions outside the village

| January 29, 1961. Normally in the winter people could claim a blanket from the district authorities. In Ban Phaed, in general, only the most poor people would do so. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Conditions outside the village

835. Reference : MM-1-18-10

Royalty and their privileges

| January 30, 1961. Every year, each house would pay 50 stang (Thai smallest currency unit – translator) to the representative of Chiang Kham district to present to the ruler in Nan. Sometimes the villagers were recruited as labor for planting or harvesting. February 1, 1961. Representatives of the ruler met the village headman twice a month. They would ask for assistance to help working in the fields of the ruler. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Royalty and their privileges

836. Reference : MM-1-18-11

Novice

| February 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 17, 1961 and March 11, 1961. Moerman observed the monastic life at the temple. Novices were generally behaving like children, and still liked playing. Even though they were only novices, adults also paid respect when they walked by. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Novice

837. Reference : MM-1-18-12

Christianity and foreigners (Western).

| February 13, 1960. At the temple, carpenters from Ban Don asked Moerman about Christianity, and about the differences between Christianity and Buddhism. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Christianity and foreigners (Western).

838. Reference : MM-1-18-13

phaed options

| February 25, 1960. The headman said that in Ban Phaed the villagers had stayed in unity, more than those in Ban Chiang Ban and Ban Van. In Ban Van people had a problem with money for the monastery. In Ban Chiang Ban the headman and villagers were often in disagreement with each other. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

phaed options

839. Reference : MM-1-18-14

Phaed

| February 22, 1960. Kae Muang (the caretaker of local irrigation - translator) told Moerman that he paid 350 baht as a bribe for officials because he cut wood to build a new house for his son. In the old days people were afraid to deal with the authorities. He had to hide the timber to avoid taxes, but not now. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Phaed

840. Reference : MM-1-18-15

Naming a newborn baby

| Febuary 1, 1960. When there was a newborn child, villagers would ask Thammachai for the name because he was the elder in the village. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Naming a newborn baby