Martin, Alexander, 1857-1946 (principal of New College, Edinburgh)
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
1936-1944 file, 1936-1944
Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/7
Scope and Contents
1936-1944 file consists of:
- letters, newscuttings and related items
Dates:
1936-1944
Apologetic Homily: The Problem of Immortality, 1909
Item
Identifier: BAI 1/3/6
Scope and Contents
An essay written by John Baillie as a student at New College, Edinburgh, examining various attitudes to the question of immortality and problems associated with it. Annotated as having been marked by Alexander Martin.
Dates:
1909
General: 1950-1951, 1950-1951
Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/32
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Sir Zwinglius Frank Willis, Thomas Stearns Eliot and Reinhold Niebuhr. Includes material relating to the erection of a gravestone for John Baillie's cousin, Elizabeth Catherine Gallant, BBC broadcasts, biographical information on Alexander Martin, and a visit to France.
Dates:
1950-1951
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
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