Manuscript Register
JOHN
W. TOBIN PAPERS
Collection Dates: 1885 -- 1980
4 linear ft.
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Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
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Posted to Internet: March 2003
Acquisition
Note: This collection was donated to the University of Iowa
Libraries in 1980 by Judge Tobin.
Access
and Restrictions:
This collection is open for research.
Photographs: Box
9
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Biographical
Note
John W. Tobin (1895 -- 1989) was
a life-long resident of Vinton, Iowa. The son of a lawyer, he joined his father
and brothers' legal firm of Tobin, Tobin and Tobin in 1917. He served in the
signal corps during WW I. Tobin was appointed district judge in 1954, for
the counties of Benton, Marshall, and Tama. Judge Tobin remained on the bench
until 1970 when he reached the mandatory retirement age. Always active in
community affairs, Tobin helped organize the American Legion in Iowa and the
Lions Club in Vinton. He was president of the State Bank of Vinton and active
with the local library. An ardent conservationist, in 1952 he was elected
national president of the Izaak Walton League of America and in 1974, he became
a member of their Hall of Fame. In 1977 he and his wife donated their 68 acre
Cedar River property to the Benton County Conservation Board. Judge Tobin
died in Vinton, Iowa, at the age of 94.
Scope and Contents
The
papers of John W. Tobin reflect his interests in the law, his community, and
conservation. Arranged alphabetically by folder title, the collection includes
subject files on such topics as the Izaak Walton League of America, Liberty
Bond drives, and individual legal cases. There are trip diaries, material relating
to his father's alma mater, Tilford Collegiate Academy, and speeches. Correspondence
folders include letters from Orville Grahame, Dick Clark, Alden J. Erskine,
John C. Culver, James Leach, Robert D. Ray, and Hope Rogers.
Box
List
Box
I
Benton County Historical Society,
February 11, 1971 -- January 27, 1978 and undated, including a letter from
Orville Grahame
Bequia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines,
correspondence, printed materials, photographs and newspaper clippings, 1945
-- November 10, 1978 and undated (4 folders)
Bird Watching Journal, January
14, 1940 -- December 8, 1941
Checks from M. J. Tobin, June 1916, June 1917
Hawk Bilt Company, November 6,
1959 -- June 30, 1968 and undated
High School Photographs
Idaho Trip Diary, November 1917
Box 2
Izaak Walton League of America
By-Laws Committee,
January 31, 1946 -- February 27, 1962 and undated
Correspondence, July 9, 1952 -- September 12, 1979, including letters from
J.N. Darling, Dick Clark, Alden J. Erskine and Harold Hughes (3 folders)
Endowment, July 11, 1968 -- August 9, 1979, including a letter from Alden
J. Erskine
Box 3
Izaak Walton League of America,
cont.
Hall of Fame,
January 22, 1973 -- September 10, 1974
Iowa Division, April 15, 1955 -- December 7, 1971 (3 folders)
Box 4
Izaak Walton League of America,
cont.
Iowa Division,
March 7, 1972 -- October 25, 1977, undated, and newspaper clippings (3 folders),
including letters from John Culver, Alden J. Erskine, Jim Leach, Bruce Stiles,
and Leonard G. Wolf
Iowa Division, Constitution and By-Laws Committee, June 1952 -- August 1961
and undated
Iowa Historical Committee, February 20, 1959 -- May 25, 1962
National, June 21, 1931 -- June 13, 1975 and undated, including a letter from
Edward Mezvinsky (2 folders)
Box 5
Izaak Walton League of America,
cont.
1960 National
Convention, January 29, 1960 -- September 28, 1960
1963 Resolutions Committee, December 11, 1962 -- June 12, 1963
1974 National Convention, June -- July 1974
1975 National Board of Directors Midwinter Meeting, June 1974 -- March 1975
1975 National Convention and Nominating Committee, May -- July, 1975
1977 National Convention, July 1 -- 4, 1977
Presidency, May 1952 -- June 1953 and undated, including newspaper clippings
Red Cedar Chapter, April 20, 1943 -- June 10, 1979 and undated, including
newspaper
clippings and photographs
Box 6
Izaak Walton League of America,
cont.
Tobin National
Directors Achievement Award, October 9, 1975 -- April 18, 1979
Tobin State Directors Achievement Award, August 22, 1974 -- June 7, 1975
Wills and Bequests Committee, November 16, 1942 -- June 25, 1964 and undated
(2 folders)
Judicial Candidacy, January 7,
1954 -- April 25, 1955 and undated
Juvenile Cases, August 1964 --
1966
Juvenile Cases, Indians, October
1960 -- May 1969 and undated
Box 7
Judicial Retirement, June 1969
-- December 1971, including newspaper clippings and photographs and a letter
from Robert D. Ray
Liberty War Scrapbook, June 1918
-- June 1919 (1 book and 1 folder)
Miscellaneous Correspondence, December
31, 1920 -- October 22, 1979, including letters from Michael Blouin, Dick
Clark, John Culver, Jim Leach, and Hope Rogers
Palimpsest,
June 22, 1970 -- March 23, 1971, including letters from Orville Grahame and
Hope Rogers
Rector v. Alcorn, August 17, 1974
-- May 6, 1976
Box 8
Speeches, 1912 -- December 1976
and undated, including newspaper clippings (4 folders)
State Bank of Vinton, 1941 -- May
25, 1977, including newspaper clippings (2 folders)
State Judicial Nominating Committee,
July 19, 1969 -- October 4, 1976 and undated, including letters from Robert
D. Ray and Elizabeth Shaw (2 folders)
State of Iowa v. William A. Holland,
August 15, 1958 -- February 23, 1972
State of Iowa v. Frank D. Pardue,
October 25, 1972 -- January 30, 1973, including photograph and newspaper clipping
Box 9
Tilford Collegiate Academy, 1885
-- February 3, 1980 and undated
Tobin "Brighten the Corner
Trust" Fund, February 1971 -- March 1978
Tobin Park, December 6, 1930 --
October 16, 1978 and undated, including newspaper clippings
With No Intention, correspondence,
November 9, 1977 -- August 30, 1979 and undated, including photographs
With No Intention, Manuscript
(2 folders)
World War II Finance Committee,
November 6, 1942 -- January 9, 1946 and undated, including newspaper clippings
(3 folders)
