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

861. Reference : MM-1-18-37

The cost to repair the temple

| April 2, 1960. Details of wages were paid to the contractors repairing the temple. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

The cost to repair the temple

862. Reference : MM-1-18-38

Repair of the temple

| April 14, 1960. At the meeting there was a problem over the ratio of donated rice in order to be sold to pay for the repair of the temple. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Repair of the temple

863. Reference : MM-1-18-39

census

| April 28, 1960. The principal came to meet the headman to talk about the census that the government was conducting. In the afternoon Don, a teacher, came to prepare the work plan, which would start the census on the next day. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

census

864. Reference : MM-1-18-40

census

| April 30, 1960. The villagers cooperated very well during the census taking. Many people took their cloth chata: [tradition birth certificates] in which the date of birth was inscribed with the Lanna letters [traditional language in the North - translator]. In the survey, the questions addressed name, sex, age, occupation, education and land tenure. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

census

865. Reference : MM-1-18-41

Meeting at the temple

| April 11, 1960. At a meeting two issues were discussed. Firstly, they intended to hire contractors from outside to repair the temple, in order to avoid expending their energy. Secondly, regarding the village headman, who had secretly taken for personal use money which was designated for the monastery. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Meeting at the temple

866. Reference : MM-1-18-42

Meeting at the temple

| April 20, 1960. Due to a lack of wood to lay purlin, it was agreed during the meeting to hire people to find more wood. But they did not know yet the exact expense. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Meeting at the temple

867. Reference : MM-1-18-43

Mandate for the assistant village headman

| April 28, 1960. The assistant village headman called villagers to a meeting, and announced that the authorities had set a new rule for the position of assistant village headman. It had to be renewed every two years. He himself was retiring on that day, but many people wanted him to stay for another term, including the village headman. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Mandate for the assistant village headman

868. Reference : MM-1-18-44

Mut khwan [binding morale - translator].

| April 6, 1960. A mut khwan ceremony was conducted for pO: No:n. During the ceremony the villagers talked about his missing cows. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Mut khwan [binding morale - translator].

869. Reference : MM-1-18-45

Childbirth

| April 8, 1960. Sala sEng told Moerman about various food that were prohibited for a woman to eat who had newly given birth. The newborn child would be named according to the date of the mut kwan ceremony. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Childbirth

870. Reference : MM-1-18-46

Displeasure of the village headman and villagers

| April 13, 1960. The headman went to Bunsi's house to drink. Many people were not satisfied with No, in the matter of the repair of the temple. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Displeasure of the village headman and villagers