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One telegram requesting urgent return of The Crimson Curtain book and a record to Margaret Dale's office, 4 Mar 1966.
Correspondence with the BBC discussing arrangements for filming and broadcasting some of Kenneth MacMillan's ballets, including Romeo and Juliet, Manon, Playground, Isadora, Elite Syncopations, Side Show and Winter Dreams pas de deux, the latter for the Queen Mother's 90th birthday tribute. There is correspondence discussing Kenneth MacMillan's possible involvement in two of a proposed series of four dance Workshops, the possibility of Kenneth MacMillan working on a television play for the BBC, and a fax from Dory Previn asking if there is any news on the BBC production, 13 May 1982 Music and Arts New Season 1984-85 colour brochure with details of Dancer four films celebrating the role of the male ballet dancer, presented by Peter Schaufuss, with photos of Schaufuss

This file of correspondence contains letters to and from Kenneth MacMillan during his time as Ballet Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin but is not primarily related to his work there. It includes letters from Ballet Directors of other Companies requesting works and some more personal correspondence. It includes letters from Celia Franca at National Ballet of Canada, Gerd Larsen, Lucia Chase, Peter Darrell at Western Ballet Theatre, Erik Bruhn and Goran Gentele at Swedish Royal Ballet, Herman Hardenberg about Lynn Seymour, Mimi Paul, John Percival, Glen Tetley, Bronislava Nijinsky, Peter Wright, American Ballet Theatre, Jacobs Pillow, PACT Ballet, Capab Ballet and Ballet Nacional de Cuba

This file of correspondence contains letters to and from Kenneth MacMillan during his time as Ballet Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin but is not primarily related to his work there. It includes letters from Ballet Directors of other Companies requesting works and some more personal correspondence. It includes letters from Frederick Ashton, Fleming Flindt, Erik Bruhn, Sona Arova, Vera Volkova, Nora Kaye, Peter Darrell, Joan Thring re MacMillan creating a ballet for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev and mentioning the RAD Gala for 1969, Margaret Dale, and an invitation to the memorial service for Aenne Pfusch-Schenck von Trapp. It includes letters from the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet, Norwegian Ballet, the Varna International Ballet Competition, Great Yarmouth Music Club, the British Broadcasting Corporation, Joffrey Ballet, Ballet Nacional de Santiago, Chile, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Argentina, Queensland Ballet Company and Western Theatre Ballet

This file of correspondence contains letters to and from Kenneth MacMillan during his time as Ballet Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin but is not primarily related to his work there. It includes a letter from Alan King Associates about Anastasia, a bill from a doctor's surgery in Berlin, a letter from Roy Round asking for a contribution to his phone bill in London, a letter from Ballet Prague asking Kenneth MacMillan to view the Company in London, Peter Darrell asking for a dancer, Goran Gentele about the Royal Swedish Ballet staging Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet, Good Luck telegrams for the first night of Swan Lake, Arno Jurging expressing regret that Kenneth MacMillan is leaving Berlin

Kenneth MacMillan did not renew his contract as Ballet Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin after 1969. The correspondence in this files includes letters from Gert Reinholm asking for a note to say that their relationship had nothing to do with his decision to leave, 1971-1978, a letter from Igor Kosak asking permission to dance the pas de deux from Concerto 12 Jan 1980, a letter from Gotz Friedrich asking whether Kenneth MacMillan will come and create new choreography for The Sleeping Beauty and a fax asking for permission to reuse the costumes and sets for a new production without MacMillan, 1985, a letter from Steven Scott with details of the fee payable for Anastasia, 1990, correspondence and a contract for Different Drummer, 1991, and a handwritten fax to Peter Schaufuss, Ballet Director, thanking him for releasing Leanne [Benjamin] to dance at a Gala, 1991

The material in this file mostly relates to arrangements for the first performance of Kenneth MacMillan's Song of the Earth by The Australian Ballet in April 1987. It includes correspondence from Maina Gielgud and David Palmer, a draft agreement for Song of the Earth, a letter with fabric swatches for costumes, photographs of dancers not in MacMillan roles, a ground plan for the Sydney Opera House Opera Theatre, a souvenir programme including Song of the Earth with cast lists, and an issue of The Australian Ballet Newsletter

The majority of material in this file consists of correspondence relating to Kenneth MacMillan granting the rights to The Australian Ballet to perform his ballet Manon, with many faxes between Kenneth and Deborah MacMillan, Simon Williams at Williams and Niblett Intellectual Property solicitors in Sydney, Australia, The Australian Ballet and Rubinstein Callingham, Polden and Gale, solicitors in London, UK. There are two letters from Maina Gielgud, Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet, initiating the discussion. Some of the faxes are annotated in hand by Kenneth and Deborah MacMillan and many of their replies consist of handwritten faxes. There is also a small amount of correspondence relating to the retirement of Noel Pelly as Administrator at The Australian Ballet, with handwritten tributes from Kenneth and Deborah MacMillan

Kenneth MacMillan resigned as Artistic Associate with American Ballet Theatre in 1989 but he continued to be involved in the staging of his ballets for the Company. The correspondence in this folder includes handwritten faxes from Kenneth MacMillan to Jane Herman, Director of American Ballet Theatre, about terms and conditions for mounting his works, correspondence between Kenneth MacMillan and Georgina Parkinson, and an invitation to a Gala brunch to celebrate the Golden Anniversary of American Ballet Theatre

This file contains correspondence from actors including Claire Bloom and Jill Bennett, dancers including Merle Park and Ray Barra, Kenneth MacMillan's ballet teacher Phyllis Adams, and others. There is a handwritten letter from Michael Boulton and Margaret Hill at the time of Kenneth MacMillan's heart attack in Berlin in 1969, n.d.

Correspondence from actors, artists, composers, dancers and friends on a variety of personal and professional subjects