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

 Person

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

CV References, 1934

 File
Identifier: BAI 7/12
Scope and Contents

Cirriculum vitae for Donald Macpherson Baillie, with references from Robert Harvey Strachan, Hugh Ross Mackintosh, William Paterson Paterson and Archibald Main.

Dates: 1934

Diary of Elizabeth Catherine (Elsa) Gallant, 1917-1919

 Item
Identifier: BAI 9/1
Scope and Contents

Diary covering the period 28 June 1917 - 27 April 1919, recording much of Elsa Gallant's life during this period, including meeting both John and Donald Macpherson Baillie, aspects of the war and her time in France.

Dates: 1917-1919

Family correspondence, 1928-1948

 Series
Identifier: BAI 12
Scope and Contents

Family correspondence consists of:


  1. letters from Ian Fowler Baillie to his parents
  2. letters from Donald Macpherson Baillie to his family
  3. letters from John Baillie to his family
  4. letters from Peter Baillie to his family

Recipients also include Annie Baillie and Elizabeth Catherine Gallant.

Dates: 1928-1948

Ferguson Scholarships certificate, 1909

 Item
Identifier: BAI 7/2
Scope and Contents

Certificate awarding Donald Macpherson Baillie an Honourable Mention, following an examination in Mental Philosophy.

Dates: 1909

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

General: 1944, 1944

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

Correspondence, itineraries, press cuttings and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Mona Anderson, Henry Sloane Coffin, William Temple (the Archbishop of Canterbury), Violet Markham, John H Duncan, George Freeland Barbour and Cyril Forster Garbett (the Archbishop of York). Subjects include John Baillie's BBC broadcasts and Church of Scotland and YMCA matters.

Dates: 1944

General: 1948, 1948

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/28
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie and George Kennedy Allen Bell. Also material relating to engagements in the United States, New Zealand and Australia, YMCA and World Council of Church matters and John Baillie's honorary degree from Muhlenberg College.

Dates: 1948

General: 1949, 1949

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/30
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Sir Edward Victor Appleton, Henry Pitney Van Dusen, Hugh Martin and Thomas Forsyth Torrance. Includes material relating the University of Edinburgh, clothing ration books, a paper on eschatology and items relating to an insurance claim due to illness.

Dates: 1949

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

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