Interview with Patricia (Toi) Clawson, Thursday, April 7, 2022

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Title
Interview with Patricia (Toi) Clawson, Thursday, April 7, 2022
Description
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.
Oral History Interview Audio
Contributor
Nikita Massaria and Leo Makalsky
Creator
Patricia (Toi) Clawson, Nikita Massaria, and Leo Makalsky
Date
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Format
M4A (audio), PDF (transcript)
Identifier
Massaria_Makalsky_ToiClawsonInterview_04-07-2022.m4a
Makalsky_Massaria_ToiClawsonTranscript_04-07-2022_Edited.pdf
Language
English
Rights
Produced under an oral history collaborative deed of gift agreement with no restrictions and nonexclusive license.
Source
Hill Cumorah Legacy Project
Subject
Hill Cumorah Project, Theatre, Social Media, Public Relations, Journalism, Print News, Television News
interviewer
Leo Makalsky and Nikita Massaria
interviewee
Patricia (Toi) Clawson
Duration
47:21
Site pages
Operations

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