The correspondence in this series are primarily original letters of thanks and/or praise, and a number of greeting cards. Some prominent correspondents include: John W. Hechinger, J. Willard Marriott, R.W. Van de Ville, and J.H. De Witt. These materials range in date from 1952 to 1971.

The materials in this series of speeches, statements and remarks are originals on paper and index cards. The material covers the years 1961-67. Many of these speeches, statements, and remarks were presented at schools and universities, public ceremonies, private celebrations, and board meetings. Some prominent subjects include: desegregation/integration in public schools, the Four Track Plan, city beautification and restoration, and the District of Columbia's 100th Year Anniversary.

This series consists of newspaper clippings. The personal news clippings are of family and friends, while the professional news clippings relate to Tobriner's time on the Board of Education. These professional news clippings cover subjects such as desegregation/integration in public schools, the Four Track Plan, school language programs, and teacher quality. The majority of these materials are undated, but many of them date from 1949 to 1964.

The material consists of original and photocopied publications. The subjects of these publications vary, but most cover the topics of desegregation/integration in public schools and educational equality.

This series contains scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, photographs, invitations, correspondence, publications, speeches and various sorts of memorabilia. These materials range in date from 1961 to 1968 and are arranged according to the original order of the scrapbooks. The scrapbooks are in chronological order of about one year intervals, with the exception of boxes 11 through 13 which date from 1964 to 1968.

This series consists mainly of records corresponding to the time that Tobriner served on the Board of Education and the Board of Commissioners for the Washington D.C. Area, but also refers to his work as chairman of the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority and time spent as the United States Ambassador to Jamaica. The materials in this series cover a number of topics with much consideration: civil rights issues, welfare reforms, school reforms, fire and police force modifications, freeway and subway plans, city beautification, crime, voting rights, and the D.C. Government Plan. Additionally, there is a substantial amount of memorabilia relating to the President of the United States, Washington Area civic and social functions. civil rights protests, and Tobriner's time in Jamaica.