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These receipts cover UK and overseas travel

This file comprises two letters re the possibility of the Finnish National Ballet performing some works of Kenneth MacMillan.

1. Typed carbon copy reply from Peter Brownlee, General Manager, The Royal Ballet, to Derek Westlake, Director of Finnish National Ballet suggesting he write to Kenneth MacMillan about him coming to see the Finnish National Ballet, 29 May 1980
2. Typed fax from Jormi Uotinen, Ballet Director asking about the possibility of staging a work in the 1994/95 season, 16 Dec 1991

This file contains letters and telegrams of good luck plus letters of congratulations. There are two invitations to the receptions at the Royal Opera House following the first performance and a letter from Denis Healey, on Treasury Chambers headed notepaper, thanking Kenneth MacMillan for the offer of tickets for the premiere

Collins Five Year Diary used by Kenneth MacMillan. Each page has daily short entries for years 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990. Records ballets he is working on, meetings, phone calls, travel as well as family and health issues.

1. Handwritten postcard from Dr Carlyle Hudson to Dear Dudley, noting that only satisfactory treatment for Kenneth MacMillan's condition would be surgery. 15 Aug 1978
2. Patient record from The British School of Osteopathy X-Ray Department, undated but patient aged 53. Gives details of Examination required and Clinical Details.
3. Undated handwritten note from Beverley Ashdown, Podiatrist and Chiropodist, enclosing orthosis and invoice
4. Undated handwritten note from Eivind Thomasen, Arhus, with recommendations for inserts in shoe and diagram with measurement
5. Handwritten note from Dr Jeremy Russell to Dear Colleague, referring Kenneth MacMillan for x ray of his L/S spine. 8 Oct 1983

Frederick Ashton, dancer and choreographer, was Artistic Director of The Royal Ballet from 1963-1970. The correspondence in this file consists of letters and telegrams of thanks, congratulations and good luck. Most are undated but can be dated from the context.

1. Typed letter with handwritten additions, on Royal Opera House, London, headed notepaper, thanks Kenneth for his good wishes for the first night [of A Month in the Country], Feb 1976
2. Handwritten letter with thanks for telegram of congratulations and speaks of the impressive ceremony at Oxford, undated
3. Handwritten letter with thanks for the 'fromage' - he eats a lot of cheese now 'being a semi toothless septuagenarian'. Mentions difficulties with Lynn [Seymour] and going away for his 'month in the country', undated with envelope postmarked 19 Feb 1976
4. Handwritten letter wishing 'Dearest Kenneth 'good luck and thanks for the 'flattering dedication' [Mayerling]. He sends an antique Austrian waistcoat. 'The buttons have different Emperors on them', with envelope, undated but Mayerling was first performed in 1978
5. Handwritten note, good luck wishes, undated
6. Thanking Kenneth and Deborah for their kind wishes, from 'old 'octo' Fred'
7. Handwritten letter, with thanks for the plant and for party and 'for coming to cheer me on the last lap', with envelope, undated
8. Two good luck telegrams, one sent to the Coliseum Theatre, London with 'could be 2 June 1978' written by Jann Parry in biro on back of mount
9. One envelope handwritten by Frederick Ashton, addressed to Sir Kenneth MacMillan K.B.E 29 Jul 1985
10. One Houston Ballet envelope addressed to Sir Frederick Ashton, postmarked 12 Dec 1977

Anya Sainsbury was Gala Chairman for the Gala Performance in aid of Friends of One-Parent Families in 1980. The correspondence comprises:

1. Carbon copy of a letter from William Forsythe to Anya Sainsbury explaining his rationale for the piece he created on Lynn Seymour for the Gala, his feelings for her, for galas and ballet, 9 Dec 1980
2. Carbon copy of Anya Sainsbury's reply to the above expressing her sorrow that the piece he created for Lynn Seymour was not "appropriate" for the gala, and fearing it influenced Lynn Seymour's decision to cancel her forthcoming season with The Royal Ballet. The letter expresses her admiration for William Forsythe, 20 Jan 1981
3. Handwritten letter from Anya Sainsbury to Kenneth MacMillan on Friends of One-Parent Families Gala Performance headed notepaper accompanying the two copy letters. Mentions Isadora, n.d. but with accompanying hand addressed envelope date stamped 9 Feb 1981. There is an additional handwritten note on the reverse apologising for not having posted the letter (there is also note in blue biro on reverse of envelope by Jann Parry)
4. Unattributed press cutting giving a review of the Gala and a list of attendees

1. Two copies of the Order of Service for the funeral of Kenneth MacMillan at St Paul's Church, Hammersmith, on 6 Nov 1992
2. Handwritten letter from Clement Crisp to Deborah MacMillan with a typed copy of his eulogy, Remembering Kenneth MacMillan, in which he records first seeing him in The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Opera House in 1946, following his career as a dancer and then choreographer
3. Handwritten letter from Monica Mason to Deborah MacMillan with a typed copy of her words for Kenneth.
4. Typed copy of the Eulogy spoken by John Sainsbury remembering his career, but also the holiday on Corfu in 1991 when Kenneth, Deborah and Charlotte MacMillan joined John and Anya Sainsbury and their family

Kenneth MacMillan created the Gala pas de deux for Natalia Makarova and Donald MacLeary which premiered by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House on 17.7.1974. It was danced to the second movement of Symphony in Three Movements by Igor Stravinsky. The material comprises one page of incomplete Benesh Movement Notation score