Japanese Woodcut Display Spans 3 Centuries [newspaper article|The Oregon Journal], Balance of Serenity, Vitality Sought in Poetic Works By Noted Master of Collage [newspaper article|The Sunday Oregonian], and 5 Shows Compose Historical Survey of Woodcut in Japan [newspaper article|The Sunday Oregonian] NE 1323 .M644 1950za, Sep 19, 21, & 14, 1969

James D. Tobin Collection consists of manuscripts, catalogues, cards, correspondence, price lists, notes, negatives, photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, cassette tapes, journals, and drawings.  His research and collection focused on Japanese print artists from the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods (1868-1989), which are the ‘Modern’ Japanese artists and their prints.  Tobin’s correspondence was mostly with other Japanese Art collectors, researchers, and dealers, such as Victor and Elsa Merlo, Sentaro Kondo, Stewart J. Tease, and Helen Merritt.