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Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Checkpoint for the Royal Ballet New Group which premiered on 27 Nov 1970 in Manchester. The material comprises:

1. Three pages of typed Production Notes compiled by someone in the Production and Technical Department at the Royal Opera House or from the Royal Ballet New Group, detailing all the issues that arose in creating the set and technical elements of the production. Uncredited and undated
2. Two pages of typed notes titled Checkpoint - Revised Version, with scenario and description of action. Circulated by Peter Wright to Kenneth MacMillan, Mr Pyke, Elizabeth Dalton, Bill Bundy and Mr Mogridge, 26 Jan 1971

Typed and printed material recording the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Sir Kenneth MacMillan held at Westminster Abbey, London on 17 Feb 1993, comprising

1. Four press cuttings: from The Times 21 Dec 1992 announcing the date of the service of thanksgiving and details of how to apply for tickets with two names and a phone number handwritten by Deborah MacMillan, from The Times and The Daily Telegraph 18 Feb 1993 Court Circular and Memorial Service, giving details of who attended, from The Observer 21 Feb 1993 with anecdote given by Nicholas Hytner during his address
2. Two tickets for admission to the North Lantern and two parking tickets with instructions for parking and display of the tickets
3. Two copies of the programme for the Service of Thanksgiving
4. One copy each of Pegasus, the poem read by Lynn Seymour with covering note from Deborah MacMillan to Peter Brownlee at The Royal Ballet, typed copy of Ninette de Valois' tribute with annotations by Deborah MacMillan and covering letter from Helen Quinnell, secretary to Dame Ninette, typed copy of Peter Wright's address with minor changes by him in pencil and biro, and typed copy of Nicholas Hytner's address with minor changes by him in black felt pen and annotation by Deborah MacMillan

One colour photograph of Kenneth MacMillan and Peter Wright in a mount dedicated 'Darling Kenneth Souvenir of your first triumphant visit to Rio, love Margot [Fonteyn]. Rio 1973'. Two black and white photographs of Margot Fonteyn receiving an award, in costume for The Sleeping Beauty, in South America, one colour photograph of an open air theatre, five colour photographs date stamped 12 May 1975 in the Far East, one colour photograph of John Tooley and Charlotte MacMillan eating, five colour photographs of Kenneth MacMillan and Peter Wright with Japanese women in kimonos, in Japan, one black and white photograph of Antoinette Sibley and HRH Princess Margaret at a dinner in New York

One photograph of Kenneth MacMillan with Ray Barra, Marcia Haydee and Graeme Andereo (?) at the Edinburgh Festival in 1963, and eight photographs in rehearsals, Kenneth MacMillan alone and with Peter Wright, John Cranko, Marcia Haydee and Ray Barra. Four pages of photocopies of photographs of rehearsals for My brother, my sisters

Five tributes from colleagues at dance companies in the UK and around the world, sent in the days following the announcement of the death of Kenneth MacMillan

1. From Marcia Haydee and the Stuttgart Ballet to The Royal Ballet. Stuttgart Ballet will revive two of his works next year as a memorial for the twentieth anniversary of the death of John Cranko, to remember both of them. Undated
2. Message from Carol McPhee to say that English National Ballet will be dedicating their performances that night to Kenneth MacMillan, and sending love and sympathy. 31 Oct 1992
3. Letter from Isao Hirowatari, Japan Performing Arts Foundation, The Tokyo Ballet, to report that before the performance by American Ballet Theatre on 2 Nov 1992, Kevin McKenzie made a short speech dedicating the performance in memory of Kenneth MacMillan. They placed his photograph and arrangements of flowers both back stage and front of house. 6 Nov 1992
4. Copy of fax sent from John Taras to Kevin McKenzie, American Ballet Theatre, with recollections of Kenneth MacMillan which he hopes will be of some use. Undated
5. Two typed pages of a tribute by Peter Wright written for The Dancing Times, 18 Nov 1992, signed For Deborah with love Peter. An accompanying handwritten note from Peter Wright to Deborah explains that it may have to be held over till the January issue as there is already so much about Kenneth in the December issue. Headed Birmingham - Friday, signed Much love Peter