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One ticket folder for the first night of an evening of Kenneth MacMillan ballets at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, 30 Nov 1966, a typed letter from Joan Benesh congratulating Kenneth MacMillan on his appointment and asking about arrangements for a choreologist for the company 15 May 1966, a contract for an apartment in Berlin signed by MacMillan, Lynn Seymour and Ray Barra 28 Jun 1966, a contract with the BBC for recording an interview and excerpt from Concerto 31 Dec 1966, and a cartoon Christmas greeting from Becky with envelope addressed to Barra, MacMillan and Seymour, date stamped 19 Dec 1966, with food shopping list in pencil on front

This file of correspondence between Kenneth MacMillan and the Deutsche Oper Berlin covers his period as Ballet Director and relates to financial arrangements and payments, and his right to work. It includes his contract from 16 Aug 1967 to 15 Aug 1968, work permits and authorisations, pay slips, rehearsal fees for some dancers, telephone and other charges, and correspondence with a removal company about his possessions

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 or suggestions of dancers from MacMillan, asking for visits to or from MacMillan, and from dancers requesting work or permission to attend rehearsals. It also includes letters from journalists, members of the public and others suggesting ideas or music for ballets, and general enquiries. It includes letters from Sonia Arova at Norwegian Ballet, Ray Barra, Nicolas Beriozoff, Alan Carter, Margot Fonteyn, Goran Gentele at the Royal Swedish Ballet, Martine van Hamel, Gary Sherwood, Joan and Rudolf Benesh at the Institute of Choreology, Rudy van Dantzig at Dutch National Ballet, Nadia Nerina, Monica Parker and Rouben Ter-Arutunian

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

These letters and the notebook were sent from Clement Crisp to Kenneth MacMillan during the latter's time as Ballet Director at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. They were intended for private consumption so are humorous and contain language and opinions that could be considered upsetting and offensive. Within that context there are comments about Kenneth MacMillan's new production of The Sleeping Beauty, ballets Clement Crisp has seen in London including The Royal Ballet's new productions of Coppelia and Enigma Variations and Festival Ballet's new production of The Sleeping Beauty. He discusses Vergie Derman's wedding, the disposal of ballet sets at the Royal Opera House, dancers Noella Pontois, John Gilpin, Lynn Seymour and Georgina Parkinson and the Kirov Ballet.
There are photocopies of two letters from Kenneth MacMillan to Clement Crisp from 1967 with an accompanying letter from Clement Crisp to Jann Parry. The letters discuss The Sleeping Beauty, Vergie Derman, Lynn Seymour, Georgina Parkinson and works seen in Stuttgart

The Deutsche Oper Berlin performed Kenneth MacMillan's one-act ballet Las Hermanas in 1968 using the original designs by Nicholas Georgiadis. The letters in this file, two to Kenneth MacMillan and one to Gert [Reinholm] give details of Nicholas Georgiadis's fees and instructions for the set, props and costumes. The majority of the letter to Gert [Reinholm] appears to be written by someone else with just the closing sentence and signature by Nicholas Georgiadis. Georgiadis concludes one of the letters to MacMillan, 'And by the way try and be less rude on the phone'.

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 correspondence in this file discusses the possibility of the Dutch National Ballet being able to stage a ballet by Kenneth MacMillan. It comprises

1. One typed letter from Rudi van Dantzig, Artistic Director, inviting Kenneth MacMillan to create a work for the Company, 22 Nov 1979
2. Booking form for Jun/Sep 1980
3. Typed fax and typed letter from Wayne Eagling, Artistic Director, to Kenneth MacMillan concerning the possibility of performing Rite of Spring, including proposed rehearsal schedule, 10 Oct 1991, and Kenneth MacMillan's handwritten reply, 19 Oct 1991
4. Typed letter from Wayne Eagling apologising for not having written to confirm that it would not be possible to timetable Rite of Spring, 22 Oct 1992