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)

871. Reference : MM-1-18-47

Myang’s New Year party

| April 14, 1960. At the home of Myang there was a New Year party. (Songkran Festival – translator). The village headman and many villagers joined the banquet, where food and beverage were fully served. | Punch card

Myang’s New Year party

872. Reference : MM-1-18-48

merit making in the New Year's Day

| April 15, 1960. People attended rituals at the temple in the morning. [merit making in the New Year's Day? - translator]. In the ceremony the pouring of ceremonial water was a sign of dedication to make merit for the departed, and sprinkling with holy water. | Punch card

merit making in the New Year's Day

873. Reference : MM-1-18-49

Suma kun thaw [water-pouring ceremony to ask a blessing from a respected elder - translator].

| April 15, 1960. There was a water pouring ceremony to ask for a blessing from respected elders in the village after the banquet and the singing finished. | Punch card

Suma kun thaw [water-pouring ceremony to ask a blessing from a respected elder - translator].

874. Reference : MM-1-18-50

Conscription

| April 2, 1960. Young men in the village attended the conscription for military service. | Punch card

Conscription

875. Reference : MM-1-18-51

Inter-ethnic relations

| April 22, 1960. Moerman interviewed Kiang who had migrated from Lampang. Villagers considered her Thai because she could not speak Lue. June 5, 1960. Lue people had a poor attitude towards the Khmu people. | Punch card

Inter-ethnic relations

876. Reference : MM-1-18-52

Christianity and Westerners

| April 27, 1960. Moerman explained to the assistant village headman how missionaries were supported by their churches. April 18, 1960. Khamlaj said that five to six years ago there were foreigners staying in the houses. | Punch card

Christianity and Westerners

877. Reference : MM-1-18-53

Child death

| April 30, 1960. The son of Nan Jot died, and the corpse was buried early in the morning. It was the custom to cremate adults, while children were buried. | Punch card

Child death

878. Reference : MM-1-18-54

Census

| May 3, 1960. A teacher who had worked on the census was ordered by the district chief to speak to Moerman about living in the US. | Punch card

Census

879. Reference : MM-1-18-55

Irrigation

| The villagers paid one half of the wage for tractor plowing, and they would pay the rest in harvested rice. May 6, 1960. During the liangs phi ceremony [offering sacrifices to a spirit – translator], Sicaj announced that he was a widower. Then some of the villagers helped repair the water catchment system. In the past, people from several villages in Chieng Ban sub-district helped repair the system. | Punch card

Irrigation

880. Reference : MM-1-18-56

Rice sale

| May 8, 1960. Representatives from the mill in Phayao town came to the village to buy rice from the villagers. In this way, more profit was gained from the rice sale than selling at the mill in the Chiang Kham district. | Punch card

Rice sale