1936-1944 file consists of:

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.

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Ifor Leslie Evans and Reinhold Niebuhr. Includes material relating to the estate of John Baillie's father-in-law, Richard Fowler.

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.

Correspondence and related items, including letters from William Roxburgh Forrester and Reinhold Niebuhr. Includes letters instructing publishers as to recipients of complimentary copies of Donald Macpherson Baillie's To whom shall we go? ( 1955) and John Baillie's A diary of readings ( 1955).

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.

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.

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Mona Anderson, Reinhold Niebuhr, Lewis Legertwood Legg Cameron, George Simpson Duncan, (Henry) Christopher Dawson and Garfield Hodder Williams. Also material relating to the preperation of the British Council of Churches visit to Germany and salaries at the University of Edinburgh.

Correspondence and related items, including letters from John Keith Benton, Hachiro Yuasa, Reinhold Niebuhr. Includes material relating to John Baillie's retiral, a visit to Hungary, student lists 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.

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.