The Walter Beeson Manuscripts are arranged in chronological order by the date written on the title page of each item.
Accession no. RARE.2023.0029: Purchased, 2016 September
[identification of item], Walter Beeson Manuscripts, SPEC.RARE.0318, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Lindsay Resnick, 2023 June; Finding aid written by: Lindsay Resnick, 2023 June
Walter Thomas Beeson (1861-1947) was an administrator, possibly the bursar, at St. John's College, Oxford University. Beeson wrote mystery stories as an attempt to supplement his income, but it is unclear if any of his submitted manuscripts were ever published.
The Walter Beeson Manuscripts, dated 1889-1892, contains handwritten manuscripts of mystery stories by Walter Beeson. Each of the manuscripts was submitted to publishers from Beeson's home in Oxford, England. Each manuscript is bound using metal fasteners, and one, "Marked Money," was submitted to a competition known as the "Answers Story Competition."