Ayers Bagley papers

Ayers Bagley was born on November 29, 1931 in Aurora, Illinois. He earned his B.S. in 1954 from Wayne State University (Detroit) and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Indiana University (Bloomington), in 1956 and 1960, respectively. Dr. Bagley was lecturer in the School of Education at Indiana University (1959-1960), before joining the faculty of the University of Minnesota as an assistant professor in 1960. In 1970, he became a full professor in the College of Education. He was also a member of the graduate faculty of the American Studies Program (1968-2001), Religious Studies Program (1973-2001) and Composition, Literacy and Rhetorical Studies (1996-2001). His specialty was history and philosophy of education, which led to research on educational imagery and emblems. He assembled the first known collection of iconic art representing Western educational themes and ideas and has served as the Education Iconics Projectdirector since its inception in 1976. Dr. Bagley retired from the University of Minnesota in 2001.