Cairns, David Smith, 1862-1946 (principal of the United Free Church College, Aberdeen)

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / General filing correspondence

1937, 38, 39 file, 1937-1939

Sub-Series

Identifier: BAI 1/17/8

Scope and Contents

1937, 38, 39 file consists of:

letters, notes, press cuttings and related material

Dates: 1937-1939

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / General filing correspondence

Auburn file, 1919-1927

Sub-Series

Identifier: BAI 1/17/2

Scope and Contents

class registers, letters, calendars, notes, press cuttings, and related material

Dates: 1919-1927

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / General filing correspondence

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / General filing correspondence

General: early 1946, 1946

Sub-Series

Identifier: BAI 1/17/23

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, George Arthur Buttrick, Bertram Christian, David Smith Cairns, Melville Dinwoodie (BBC), and Henry Pitney Van Dusen. Also correspondence relating to personal finance.

Dates: 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / General filing correspondence

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