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

 Person

Found in 303 Collections and/or Records:

General filing correspondence, 1908-1960

 Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17
Scope and Contents

letters, telegrams, airgraphs and related material primarily from friends and colleagues

Dates: 1908-1960

General: late 1943, 1943

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/16
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, itineraries, press cuttings and related items, including letters from his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Mona Anderson, the Duke of Montrose, William Temple (the Archbishop of Canterbury), George Simpson Duncan, Lewis Legertwood Legg Cameron and Sir Neil John Kennedy Cochran-Patrick. Much of the correspondence relates to Church of Scotland business, particularly visits to churches and congregations as Moderator as well as to John Baillie's BBC radio broadcasts.

Dates: 1943

General: late 1945, 1945

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/19
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, press cuttings and related items, including material relating to John Baillie's visit to Germany as part of a British Council of Churches delegation and letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie and Bertram Christian.

Dates: 1945

General: late 1946, 1946

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/24
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Mona Anderson, Bertram Christian, Leslie Bannister Walton, William Alexander Curtis, (Henry) Christopher Dawson and Sir Zwinglius Frank Willis (YMCA)

Dates: 1946

General: late 1947, 1947

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/27
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Mona Anderson, Bertram Christian, Henry Pitney Van Dusen and Henry Sloane Coffin. Also responses to John Baillie's tribute to Thomas Cockburn in The Scotsman and material relating to the International Missionary Council and to the wedding of Princess Elizabeth (now Elizabeth II).

Dates: 1947

General: later 1955, 1955

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/38
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, Matthew Black and Ian W Fraser. Includes material relating to the World Council of Churches, a visit to Argentina and documents relating to the establishment of closer links between the Church of Scotland, Church of England, Episcopal Church of Scotland and Presbyterian Church of England.

Dates: 1955

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 Sketch of the History of Theological Theory, c1925-1960

 Item
Identifier: BAI 1/13/1
Scope and Contents

2 typescripts of an unpublished work, General Sketch of the History of Theological Theory, one with notes

Dates: c1925-1960

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

German papers, 1945-1946

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/22
Scope and Contents

Letters, diary, reports, travel documentation, notes and notebooks relating to John Baillie's visit Germany as part of a British Council of Churches delegation.

Dates: 1945-1946