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

921. Reference : MM-1-18-97

Inter-village relations

| November 23, 1960. Tungqop was a moderate village. Most people were relatively poor, and they did not own land for cultivation. Most of the fields in the area were rented by people from Ban Phead. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Inter-village relations

922. Reference : MM-1-18-98

Land tax

| December 15, 1960. Most people would provide the size of their land holdings as less than the actual tenure because they were afraid of additional tax charges. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Land tax

923. Reference : MM-1-18-99

Resignation

| December 28, 1960. Sombun resigned from the position of village assistant headman. Moerman restrained. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Resignation

924. Reference : MM-1-18-100

Words that indicate status

| December 11, 1968. Thawee compared children to ‘people who are bare assed,’ and the officials called Thawee a ‘brother.’ | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Words that indicate status

925. Reference : MM-1-18-101

Housewarming of Myang

| A housewarming was held at Myang's house. The family was a big family because Myang had many wives, and their children were a major help for the workload, instead of hiring workers. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Housewarming of Myang

926. Reference : MM-1-18-102

Land holdings

| Seng, Wan and Kew, siblings, were in possession of land. They helped each other to cultivate some of the land, and they redistributed the produce equally. However, some of the land was deserted. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Land holdings

927. Reference : MM-1-18-103

boy cha'ta

| Bajchata, or a piece of paper representing destiny of a newborn child. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

boy cha'ta

928. Reference : MM-1-18-104

Tribal knowledge

| July 22, 1960. The village headman talked to sEng about the clash between the Meo [Hmong - translator] and the Lao government. Their leader forced all men to join the battle. If anyone did not comply, he would be sequestered and killed. July 23 , 1960. A tobacco seller from Chiang Kham district talked about the situation in M. qop. Yao, Meo and Khamu people were united against the Lao government, and many villagers in Laos had been raided by them. One of the key reasons they were rising up against the Lao government was due to the will and desire to found their own country. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Tribal knowledge

929. Reference : MM-1-18-105

‘Lamphaj’

| Early July 1960. Moerman noted that Lamphaj was a gift that parents gave to newly married couples and was it kept as capital to build their fortune. [Probably, the notes are an error in communication between Moerman and his assistance. Lamphaj, in fact, means extra income from part-time job - a translator.]. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

‘Lamphaj’

930. Reference : MM-1-18-106

Miscellaneous notes

| July 1960. The cost to be paid for rice milling was coconut shell. Sak din meant the dibble holes used for cultivation in the old days. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Miscellaneous notes