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The special collections encompass materials that have been artificially grouped to provide a convenient resource on a particular subject (usually an individual artist or company), or a collection of material types such as photographs, programmes or rare books. Subject-based collections include resources on Tamara Karsavina and Margot Fonteyn, both important figures in the RAD’s history. Collections of material relating to Anna Pavlova and Serge Diaghilev and their companies provide important contextual information about the ballet scene at the time the RAD was founded. Photographs include portraits of individual artists and international companies while the programme collections provide comprehensive coverage of UK and overseas ballet and dance company performances.

The collection comprises original, personal letters from several luminaries in the ballet world including Anton Dolin, Margot Fonteyn Peggy van Praagh and Anthony Tudor. Mostly dating from the 1980s, the correspondence also includes some photocopies of letters relating to work issues from company directors. Photographs taken during Dai Ailian's visits to the RAD in 1981 and 1993 are incorporated into the collection along with a small number of colour photos also donated by Daryl Ries.

The Pavlova collection includes a number of programmes from 1912 – 1930 and publicity and performance photographs and postcards from 1902 onwards. There are also commemorative brochures, magazines and press cuttings, plus some personal documents relating to contracts and tour arrangements.

An eclectic collection of photographs and ephemera acquired from various sources. There are photographs and correspondence that relate to her activities for and with the RAD, as well as interesting correspondence about her life on the farm in Panama with her husband, as well as a significant number of photographs of her dancing.