Fan mail, 1933-1938, to Richard Meeker, pseudonym of Forman George Brown, 1901-1996, the author of the autobiographical novel, Better Angel. The novel was one of the first works to place homosexuality in a positive light. Brown, his partner, Richard "Roddy" Brandon, and his cousin, Harry Burnett, were founders the Yale Puppeteers and later the Turnabout Theater in Hollywood, California.

Forman George Brown authored the autobiographical novel Better Angel using the pseudonym Richard Meeker. Better Angel would be one of the first novels to place homosexuality in positive light. It was published during the "Pansy Craze" of the early 1930s. The novel was re-published in 1989 and 1995.

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