Roger Senhouse, 1928 - 1967
Scope and Contents
A collection of materials related to English publisher Roger Senhouse. The collection falls into two parts: First, a photo album containing images from an August 1928 trip to Scandinavia with his sometime lover Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) and writer Raymond Mortimer (1895-1980). 96 black and white images from various sites around Denmark and Sweden, all of which are labeled in Senhouse’s hand, with occasional commentary or humorous additions: beneath a photo of Kronborg Castle, known as the inspiration for Elsinore, he writes “The sentry marching up and down, alone, trying to start the play Hamlet.” The final photographs are of Senhouse himself holding his “new Kodak” and Lytton Strachey. The end of the book contains 8 sketches in various stages of completion, and a 1927 postcard sent from France is tucked inside. The book itself is bound in gold printed paper and once had a soft leather tie closure, now lost. Second, a collection of materials related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, apparently compiled by Senhouse: Four newspaper clippings and a pamphlet entitled “Who Killed Kennedy” by Thomas G. Buchanan (1919-1988), some with pencil notes in Senhouse’s hand. The pamphlet is in two pieces, and is incomplete.
Dates
- 1928 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access
Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.
Biographical / Historical
Roger Henry Pocklington Senhouse (1899-1970) was an English publisher, translator, and a peripheral member of the Bloomsbury Group.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu