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

 Person

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

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: 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

Late 1941-late 1942 file, 1941-1942

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/12
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, press cuttings and related items, including letters from his brother Donald Macpherson Baille, Mona Anderson, David Smith Cairns, George Freeland Barbour and Alexander Martin. Many press cuttings relate to John Baillie's work around United States involvement in the Second World War.

Dates: 1941-1942

Letters during last illness, 1960

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/49
Scope and Contents

Letters from friends and colleagues, received by John Baillie and his wife during his final illness.

Dates: 1960

Letters from John Baillie, 1917-1957

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 2/1/1
Scope and Contents

Letters from John Baillie to Florence Jewel Baillie, covering personal matters along with wider family, social, professional, political and religious ones. Some letters are also from Ian Fowler Baillie.

Dates: 1917-1957

Letters kept from New York office, 1956-1957

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/40
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from William Roxburgh Forrester and John Henderson Seaforth Burleigh. Includes material relating to The idea of revelation in recent thought ( 1956, and lectures given by John Baillie in New York.

Dates: 1956-1957

Mixed lectures and addresses, c1912-c1955

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

Largely undated lectures and addresses, given by John Baillie throughout his professional life, covering many theological issues.

Dates: c1912-c1955

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