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Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader)

 Person

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

First Edinburgh file, 1934-1937

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/5
Scope and Contents

letters, notes, press cuttings and related material

Dates: 1934-1937

General: 1950, 1950

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/31
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Mona Anderson, Ian W Fraser, Sir Zwinglius Frank Willis and Henry Pitney Van Dusen. Includes material relating to the World Council of Churches and letters congratulating John Baillie on being appointed Principal of New College. Also includes a paper, 'The Idea of Orthodoxy'.

Dates: 1950

General: 1953-1954, 1953-1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/35
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from Mona Anderson, Reinhold Niebuhr, Hachiro Yuasa and Lazlo Pap. Includes material relating to the Donald Macpherson Baillie's estate, the unveiling of war memorial panels and installation of the Duke of Edinburgh as Chancellor at the University of Edinburgh, the coronation of Elizabeth II and preparations for the World Council of Churches conference.

Dates: 1953-1954

General Assembly, 1942-1947

 Series
Identifier: BAI 2/3
Scope and Contents

General Assembly consists of:


  1. correspondence and notes
  2. diary
  3. General Assembly papers, flyers and tickets
  4. newspapers and cuttings
Dates: 1942-1947

General: early 1943, 1943

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/15
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, press cuttings and related items, including letters from Reinhold Niebuhr, David Smith Cairns William Temple (the Archbishop of Canterbury), the Duke of Montrose and various publishers. Much of the correspondence relates to Church of Scotland business, including John Baillie's appointment as Moderator Designate of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and as Corresponding Member of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

Dates: 1943

General: middle 1947, 1947

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/26
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, Reinhold Niebuhr, Lewis Legertwood Legg Cameron, Hector Hetherington and Frank Moore. Also material relating to John Baillie's appointment as Chaplain to the King.

Dates: 1947

General: winter 1942-1943 file, 1942-1943

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/14
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, press cuttings and related items, including letters from his brother Donald Macpherson Baille, Alexander Martin, Reinhold Niebuhr, Henry Sloane Coffin, William Temple (the Archbishop of Canterbury) and the Duke of Montrose. Much of the correspondence relates to John Baillie's appointment as Moderator Designate of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Dates: 1942-1943

New York file, 1929-1934

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/4
Scope and Contents

letters, notes, press cuttings, calendars, leaflets and related material

Dates: 1929-1934

On being appointed Moderator Designate, 1942

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/13
Scope and Contents

Letters, airgraphs and telegrams of congratualtions, with copies of replies and press cuttings relating to John Baillie's nomination as the next Moderator of the Church of Scotland.

Dates: 1942

Papers of John Baillie, 1900-1964

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: BAI 1
Scope and Contents

school and university notes; awards and achievements; lectures, addresses and broadcasts; sermons and prayers; manuscripts of published works; papers relating to the World Council of Churches, British Council of Churches, General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and other organisations; personal and professional correspondence

Dates: 1900-1964