Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian)

Call to St Columba, Kilmacolm, 1933

Item

Identifier: BAI 7/5

Scope and Contents

Signed call by the congregation of St Columba's Parish Church, Kilmacolm, inviting Donald Macpherson Baillie to be their minister.

Dates: 1933

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers relating to Donald Macpherson Baillie

First Edinburgh file, 1934-1937

Sub-Series

Identifier: BAI 1/17/5

Scope and Contents

letters, notes, press cuttings and related material

Dates: 1934-1937

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: 1950, 1950

Sub-Series

Identifier: BAI 1/17/31

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Mona Anderson, Ian W Fraser, Sir Zwinglius Frank Willis and Henry Pitney Van Dusen. Includes material relating to the World Council of Churches and letters congratulating John Baillie on being appointed Principal of New College. Also includes a paper, 'The Idea of Orthodoxy'.

Dates: 1950

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: 1953-1954, 1953-1954

Sub-Series

Identifier: BAI 1/17/35

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1953-1954

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: 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