Jerry Ross Papers, 1934-1955

Scope and Content Note

The Jerry Ross Papers contain two boxes of material dealing with his career as a song writer.

The first box contains music, contracts, and lyrics for musicals and revues, including Damn Yankees, Pajama Game, Almanac and Six on a Honeymoon. It also contains holograph dechon and printed copies of some of Ross' individual songs, many co-authored with Richard Adler and Buddy Kaye. A complete list follows the box list below.

The second box contains contracts concerning songs written by Ross, script fragments, comments from fans, and music for songs not written by Ross.