Zager, Raymond Lee – 23

Subjects:
Relationship to wife and children; dreams; law work; World War II; travel in U.S. and Europe; readings (literature, diaries); the study of diaries

Writing Description:
Volume one describes being taken over by the diary concept. Influenced by Pepys, Emerson, Nin, Spear, Hawthorne, Anne Frank. Actively purchased diaries and biographies of diarists. Began ideas to form a diary society (which was later accomplished). There are 85 diary volumes, and the main subject in the current volume(s) is diary concepts.

Writing Type:
JDN

Gender:
Male

Birth Year:
1924

Death Year:

Occupation and Interests:
Writer and researcher of diaries, decoupage artist, diary collector, owner of second largest diary library in the U.S. Self-published instructional book, Window of Self: A Diary is Forever. Zager is a recognized authority in the field of diary writing and diary concepts.

Age(s):
53-82

Author Location(s):
Los Angeles, London, Paris, various locations in Italy

Writing Location(s):

Dates:
1977-2004

Handwritten:
Yes

Typed:

Digital:

Self-published:

Number of Pages, etc.:
85 bound, hardback diary books. Each book contains 125 pages and each contains an index, with a dedication in each book as well as a summary of contents.

Contact Person:
Raymond Lee Zager

Contact Person/Author Relationship:
Same

Address:
330 Eureka Canyon Drive
Corralitos, CA 95076

Phone:
831-724-5859

Email:
diarylibrary[at]gmail.com

Date Entered:
09/2004

Date Revised/Confirmed:
03/2010

Entry Filed under: Journals, Diaries, and Notebooks,Male,z