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The Erasmus Prize Foundation was established on 23 Jun 1958 by HRH the Prince of the Netherlands, "to confer one or more monetary prizes ... as awards to individuals or institutions having made a for Europe particularly important contribution in the cultural, social or social-scientific sphere". The 1974 recipients were Dame Ninette de Valois and Maurice Bejart.
This file comprises:

1. Typed letter from the Director of the Erasmus Prize Foundation inviting Kenneth MacMillan to the 1974 prize-giving evening, 11 Apr 1974, with typed programme for the evening on 21 Jun 1974
2. Printed souvenir programme for the prize-giving event illustrated with b/w photographs, 21 Jun 1974
3. Printed souvenir of the Erasmus Prize giving history and purpose of the prize, and speeches from the 21 Jun 1974 event, illustrated with b/w photographs, with a compliments slip

The correspondence in this file is between Kenneth MacMillan and Igor Kosak, Ballet Director of the ballet company at the Theater und Philharmonie in Essen, trying to organise an evening of MacMillan ballets. There is mention of Faith Worth being available to stage a MacMillan work but the size of the company and the timings do not allow for MacMillan's works to be performed by the company

The first Evening Standard Ballet Awards were presented in 1973. There are printed programmes of the Awards presented in 1976, 1978 (two copies) and 1994. Kenneth MacMillan was presented with the Most Outstanding Achievement in Ballet Award in 1978. The programmes list previous winners and the 1994 programme lists Sir Kenneth MacMillan for Most Outstanding Achievement in Ballet in 1991. There are two programmes for the Drama Awards for 1978 and for 1982 that give the order of the evening and the menu for the dinner at the Savoy Hotel, with place names for Mr Kenneth MacMillan and Mrs Deborah MacMillan in the 1979 menu.

Kenneth MacMIllan created the dances for the 1959 film Expresso Bongo, starring Cliff Richards. This long playing recording issued by The Master Sound System has Espresso (sic) Bongo New Loch Lomond handwritten in pencil on the label and the record appears to have only a short section of recording

Photographs of Kenneth MacMillan's birth family including grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles and nephews. Many photographs include Kenneth MacMillan with different family members and at family functions. There are two hand tinted head and shoulders photographs of Kenneth MacMillan as a young boy. Some photographs have annotations on the reverse

1. Birth certificate for Jean Mary MacMillan, MacMillan's sister, 3 Jul 1917
2. Birth certificate for Edith May Shreeve, MacMillan's mother, 1 May 1888
3. Marriage certificate for Edith May Shreeve and William MacMillan, MacMillan's parents, 2 Dec 1916
4. Death certificate for Edith May MacMillan, MacMillan's mother, 3 Apr 1942
5. Death certificate for William MacMillan, MacMillan's father, 1 Apr 1946

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Kenneth, Deborah and Charlotte MacMillan took a holiday on the Isle of Arran in 1980. This file comprises tourist information and correspondence

1. Issue of The Arran Banner, Arrans Weekly Newspaper, 23 Aug 1980, with notice of Kenneth, Deborah and Charlotte on holiday on Arran and visiting the Brodick Players production of Spare Parts.
2. Two further issues of The Arran Banner, forwarded by Tom Alexander, 6 Sep 1980 and 13 Sep 1980
3. 4 page autograph letter from Catherine Alexander to Deborah, Kenneth and Charlotte, thanking them for visiting the Drama Group. Gossip about life and family. Dated 18 Sep 1980. With envelope
   4.Three letters from Vera Pabb to Deborah MacMillan about the house the MacMillans' are renting from her, and general advice
4. One colour postcard, one Official Guide book, leaflet with boat times and one Isle of Arran Official Guide with map of the island surrounded by adverts
5. Typed leaflet for the Isle of Arran Heritage Museum
6. One handwritten note about hiring a car and getting to the Island, 1 Jun 1980
7. Press cutting with notice of a brief biography of Kenneth MacMillan supplied to the newspaper by Mrs Alice Ogilvie, MacMillan's aunt. Uncredited and undated
8. Two page handwritten letter from Tom Alexander to Kenneth and Deborah MacMillan, 3rd May