Guide to the Papers of John Kinross, 1848-1908

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 3346
Extent:
0.8 metres and (5 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of John Kinross, National Library of Australia, MS 3346, [series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The papers include letters to Kinross, to his wife Joanna and to members of the Menzies family. A second group of correspondence includes letters to Kinross from William Grant, Rev. A. C. Geikie, Rev. Robert Steel, George Mackie, J. Cameron, Rev. J. D. Lang, W. M. Manning, M. W. McCallum, Sir John Hay, M. Mackay, David Waugh, James McCulloch and George Fullerton. There are also various documents relating to the Presbyterian Church at Kiama and to St. Andrew's College at the University of Sydney, some sermons, essays, newspaper cuttings and diaries, one of which includes details of services and baptisms from 1868 to 1878.
Biographical Note:

John Kinross was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1833. He studied for the ministry in Edinburgh and in Berlin. He was one of the young Ministers encouraged at that time by the Presbyterian Church of Scotland to migrate to Australia. He arrived in Sydney in June 1858 and was ordained in Kiama the following December.

Kinross was prominent in church affairs in Sydney as well as having a large country ministry. He was Moderator in 1863-1864 at the time of unification and again in 1873-1874 when he laid the foundation stone of St Andrew's College, University of Sydney, of which he was to become Principal in 1875. In the meantime he had graduated B.A., University of Sydney, 1869.

In 1880 he represented the Australian Presbyterian Church at Assemblies in Scotland and Ireland. The University of Edinburgh conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1885 in recognition of his "wide and healthful influence" both in the Church and as Principal of St Andrew's College.

His chief publication was the book Dogma in religion and creeds in the church, published in Edinburgh 1897. He retired as Principal in 1901, continuing however as Hunter-Baillie Professor in the Theological Hall until his death in 1908.

References:

Scotsman, (Edinburgh), 23 April 1885 p. 3

White, C.A. The challenge of the years (Sydney, Angus Robertson, 1951).

Dougan, A. A. (ed) The Andrew's book (Sydney, St Andrew's College, 1964)

Provenance:

The Kinross papers were held by a granddaughter, Miss Menzies Smith, before passing to Sir John Ferguson who presented them to the National Library.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2232076).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of John Kinross, National Library of Australia, MS 3346, [series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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