University of Montana COVID-19 Oral History Project
Interviewer
Michael Larmann
Files
Description
Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Missoula Paddleheads Taylor Rush discusses how Missoula’s minor league baseball organization reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to a gag order, Rush only mentions the ongoing Professional Baseball Agreement negotiations between Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball, but he does talk about the impact of the pandemic on him, the office staff, the ballplayers, and the local community. Rush describes how the PaddleHeads operate both as a baseball team and as an entertainment company and explains how, during the pandemic, the organization has used its personal and marketing networks to collaborate with local businesses and organizations to host non-baseball events for the community.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; Global pandemic; Public history; Western Montana; Coronavirus pandemic; Public health and safety; Missoula County; Montana public health; Social distancing; Masks: Baseball; Sports, Missoula; Missoula Paddleheads; Entertainment; Networking; Minor League Baseball; Fundraising; Community events; Events planning
Original Date
6-18-2020
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
University of Montana COVID-19 Oral History Project, OH 475, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 475-011
Media Type
Moving Image; Sound; Text
Original Format
1 MP4 (01:00:48 min.): digital + 1 transcript (18 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
video/mp4; application/pdf
Run Time
01:00:48 minutes
Local Filename
OH_475_011.mp4; OH_475_011.pdf
Citation
Rush, Taylor, "Taylor Rush Interview, June 18, 2020" (2020). University of Montana COVID-19 Oral History Project. 11.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/universityofmontanacovid19_oralhistory/11