James B. Carey: Labor's Boy Wonder

Digital Exhibition

The following is a digital exhibition commemorating the life and career of the legendary labor leader and first president of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers. The exhibition was co-curated in 2006 by Bob Golon, Labor Archivist with Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University Libraries; and Constance Finlay, Director of the James B. Carey Library at the School of Management and Labor Relations.

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Title: Vote IUE-CIO Button
Date: n/a
Description: 
Event: n/a
Format: Ephemera--Buttons
Subject: IUE-CIO, Elections--Union membership
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3075.JPG

Sunday, January 1, 2006

Title: Carey Portrait (circa 1950s)
Date: n/a
Description: Official portrait of Carey in his younger years.
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): RSCN3185.JPG

Sunday, January 1, 2006

Title: Letter from Paul Jennings to Willard Wirtz, United States Secretary of Labor
Date: December 29, 1964
Description: Jennings writes the US Secretary of Labor regarding IUE AFL-CIO election fraud.
Event: n/a
Format: Document
Subject: Elections--Carey/Jennings, Paul Jennings
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 114, Folder 34
ID Number(s): letter to willard wirtz

Tuesday, December 29, 1964

Title: Carey at podium with Lyndon B. Johnson and others (unidentified)
Date: September, 1964
Description: 
Event: IUE AFL-CIO 11th Constitutional Convention, Washington, DC, September 21-25, 1964
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, United States Presidents--Lyndon B. Johnson, IUE AFL-CIO--Constitutional Conventions
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Box 1, Folder 72
ID Number(s): photo_0619

Tuesday, September 1, 1964

Title: Who leads the fight for the IUE?
Date: 1964
Description: An election leaflet distributed by the Carey Campaign.
Event: n/a
Format: Document--Pamphlets
Subject: Elections--Carey/Jennings, James B. Carey--Images, Paul Jennings, Walter Reuther--Images, Politics
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 115, Folder 12
ID Number(s): Who leads flyer_front, Who leads flyer_back

Wednesday, January 1, 1964

Title: Official IUE AFL-CIO Election Ballot
Date: 1964
Description: A piece of Carey/Jennings election memorabilia.
Event: n/a
Format: Ephemera
Subject: Elections--Carey/Jennings
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 114, Folder 38
ID Number(s): official election ballot

Wednesday, January 1, 1964

Title: Carey Campaign Committee flyer, "How Times Change"
Date: 1964
Description: A piece of election ephemera from the disputed Carey/Jennings election.
Event: n/a
Format: Document
Subject: Elections--Carey/Jennings, James B. Carey, Paul Jennings
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 115, Folder 13
ID Number(s): carey campaign_how times change

Wednesday, January 1, 1964

Title: Carey with father, John S. Carey
Date: 1964
Description: 
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): carey_photo27

Wednesday, January 1, 1964

Title: Carey Portrait, 1964
Date: 1964
Description: Official portrait of Carey in the 1960s.
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Box 1, Folder 25
ID Number(s): photo_0096

Wednesday, January 1, 1964

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