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