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

901. Reference : MM-1-18-77

Officials and villagers

| August 4, 1960. The officials who had worked at the district authorities demanded bribes in various forms. When there were problems or complaints about the officials, they tended to advocate for each other. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Officials and villagers

902. Reference : MM-1-18-78

Drunkenness

| August 4, 1960. The village headman was regularly drunk. Family members and villagers were mocking him as a ‘drunkard.’ | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Drunkenness

903. Reference : MM-1-18-79

Officials and villagers

| August 7, 1960. The chief district officer spoke humorously about the size of the candle, which was large and was money ill-spent. But when the father of the village headman tried to explain why the candle was so big, the chief retorted that he already knew the reason. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Officials and villagers

904. Reference : MM-1-18-80

Listening to a sermon

| August 7, 1960. The monks gave comments to the villagers about their conduct and manner of speaking, which should be setting a good example for the children. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Listening to a sermon

905. Reference : MM-1-18-81

Meeting

| August 11, 1960. The villagers were at meeting about money missing from the school. They suspected that the village headman had taken it. Finally, it was agreed that Myang would be responsible for the funds instead of village headman. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Meeting

906. Reference : MM-1-18-82

Labor

| August 13, 1960. During the war [World War II? - translator] Caj and some villagers had worked in Maesaj, Laos and the Shan State in Burma. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Labor

907. Reference : MM-1-18-83

Monks and novices

| August 1960. The relationship and differences between monks and novices. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Monks and novices

908. Reference : MM-1-18-84

Toilets

| August 20, 1960. In a meeting of the Yuan sub-district council, villagers discussed flush toilets. It was not affordable to have them installed because they were costly, however the alternative, a plain toilet with a lid, caused a bad odor. Finally, the chief district officer suggested that they use the forest for excretion in the meantime. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Toilets

909. Reference : MM-1-18-85

Daily events

| August 4, 26 and 28, 1960. Moerman gathered information about the daily life of villagers. For example, first, Nang told that them there was a conflict between the Hmong people in the mountains. Second, the villagers helped to put sand on the roads. Third, Ngen slaughtered buffalo. Fourth, many villagers flocked to buy meat. Fifth, the monks did not have enough to eat, so they rang the bell to ask for additional alms of rice from the villagers. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Daily events

910. Reference : MM-1-18-86

village external

| September 16, 1960. From the observation of Moerman, Dr. Lui spoke on a very friendly level with the villagers. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

village external