Series II. Activities, 1978-2012, inclusive

Subseries II.A Programming (1978-2004) includes records relating to Paper Tiger TV's television production activities. Production files document different stages of the process, and include materials such as project proposals, submissions, budgets, contracts, correspondence, scripts, and cue cards. This series includes many files on the Access Orbit series, including distribution contracts, screening materials, and documentation relating to working with youth coordinators; and for the Gulf Crisis TV Project series, including anti-war protest materials, cue cards and tape logs, transcripts, and research files. In addition to production files, this series also includes contracts with partner organzations, research files, ideation notes, and viewer feedback.

Subseries II.B Exhibits and Installations (1985-2011) includes records relating to Paper Tiger TV's participation in and organization of exhibits, both in the U.S. and internationally. These records include exhibit ephemera such as flyers, brochures, and posters; planning documentation such as proposals, correspondence, timelines, budgets, and floor plans; and video recordings used in installations.

Subseries II.C Workshops and Conferences (1985-2012) contains records relating to Paper Tiger TV's participation in and organization of workshops and conferences.

Paper Tiger facilitated many filmmaking workshops, particularly with youths in the New York City area, on the subjects of equipment training, documentary filmmaking, editing software, and media literacy. Paper Tiger also regularly attended professional conferences in the field of public access media, such as National Alliance for Media Art and Culture (NAMAC) Confernences (1985-2000), the Media Consirtium (1991), the Media and Democracy Conference (1997), the Allied Media Conference (2003), and the Being the Media: Designing a New Rrradical Media Conference (2012). They also attended and captured footage of organizing conferences in the sphere of the political left, such as the Socialist Scholars Conference (1997-1999) and the Left Forum (2009).

Files for these events include ephemera, such as schedules, flyers, and posters; planning documentation, such as curricula, outlines, meeting notes, and educational resources; and video recordings of event proceedings.

Subseries II.D Film Festivals and Screenings (1982-2012) contains records relating to the film festivals and screenings that Paper Tiger organized and participated in. These files include ephemera, such as schedules, flyers, and posters; applications for festivals; and video edits and compilations used for such events.