This photographic essay from the Winter 1978 issue documents the work process of “the paper.” From 1976-78, production took place in the Cambridge home of Grethe and Chase Peterson. At quarterly paste-up parties held in the fourth-story uninsulated attic space, the staff utilized graph paper on light boards to keep the typewritten columns straight.nce back from the printer, staff attached labels and bundled stacks by zip code before delivering them to the post office.