Series VII.B. Time-Life Films: Video Division Records, 1974-1983, inclusive

The Chronological Files cover the period of 1975 to 1980 and focus on the finances and legal concerns of the Video Division. A chronological file, sometimes called a chron file, is kept to document daily activities of an office and are kept in chronological order. While majority of the materials were created while Schilling was part of the video division, there are some documents from when he was vice president of multimedia for Time-Life Films. Correspondence included in this subsubseries discuss revenue, orders, invoices, negotiations, agreements, sales, clearances, reputation, promotion for new series and books, staffing, meetings, insurance policies, possible projects, licensing, income, rights extensions, shipments, back log of contractual work, distribution, department reviews, and revenue.

The Subject Files cover the period of 1973 to 1982 and focus on the financing and promotion as well as possible future projects and legal issues. Included are clippings, proposals to the corporation for public broadcasting, press releases, programs, evaluation process agendas and Q and As, course reports, agreements, scripts, lists of titles from the production company EMI, lists of EMI units ordered, weekly Television Digest issues, newsletters, press kits, program outlines, book outlines, promotional booklets, financial analysis, invoices, lists of users, promotional mailers, booking schedules, copies of catalog records, lists of consultants, project reports, notes on reactions, blank questionnaires for consultants, Shakespeare in the classroom report, Shakespeare task force reports, lists of possible future projects, viewers guides to Shakespeare, Shakespeare on film newsletters, press kits, music cue sheet, lists of possible contributors, lists of co-productions sales and finances, sales forecasts, program evaluation cards, list of award winners, reports on BBC kids programming, sound effect library catalogs, and correspondence. Correspondence discusses reviews, television in college courses, sales, agreements, English as a second language, pricing policies, finances, critiques, effective writing techniques for executives, training, litigation, copyright, underwriters, university courses, clearance, agreements, distribution, screenings, rights, print library, marketing, promotion plan, March of Time, meeting summaries, contracts, masters of co-productions, recording/retention policies, multimedia expectations, preliminary work, project pitches, and status updates.