Interview with Patricia (Toi) Clawson, Thursday, April 7, 2022
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Title
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Interview with Patricia (Toi) Clawson, Thursday, April 7, 2022
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Description
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Toi Clawson was a public affairs director for the Hill Cumorah Pageant. She was a cast member in 1995 for the Pageant. In 2005, Toi and her husband were asked to do public affairs for the pageant. They did this until 2012. She worked long hours, with early mornings, and she had to stay until all of the reporters went home. She and her family were disappointed by yet understanding of the 2018 announcement of the Pageant’s ending. One of her notable social media attempts was when Toi shared information about the Pageant on Facebook around 2012. Unfortunately, she was contacted and asked to take down the social media page by the Church. Then, sometime later, a similar situation happened with another pageant in Arizona, but their page got so much positive attention in such a short amount of time that the Missionary Department re-evaluated its stance and began to think of Facebook and other forms of social media as tools to use for spreading religious information.
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Oral History Interview Audio
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Contributor
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Nikita Massaria and Leo Makalsky
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Creator
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Patricia (Toi) Clawson, Nikita Massaria, and Leo Makalsky
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Date
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Thursday, April 7, 2022
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Format
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M4A (audio), PDF (transcript)
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Identifier
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Massaria_Makalsky_ToiClawsonInterview_04-07-2022.m4a
Makalsky_Massaria_ToiClawsonTranscript_04-07-2022_Edited.pdf
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Language
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English
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Rights
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Produced under an oral history collaborative deed of gift agreement with no restrictions and nonexclusive license.
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Source
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Hill Cumorah Legacy Project
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Subject
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Hill Cumorah Project, Theatre, Social Media, Public Relations, Journalism, Print News, Television News
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interviewer
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Leo Makalsky and Nikita Massaria
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interviewee
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Patricia (Toi) Clawson
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Duration
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47:21
