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: Resolution on the Physically Handicapped, Wednesday, September 19, 1951. Transcript of IUE-CIO 3rd Convention Proceedings
Date: September 19, 1951
Description: 
Event: IUE-CIO 3rd Annual Convention, Buffalo, NY, September 17-21, 1951
Format: Document--Transcripts
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, Handicapped/Disabled
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 119, Folder 8
ID Number(s): DSCN3289.JPG

Wednesday, September 19, 1951

Title: Carey's introduction to Eleanor Roosevelt, Tuesday, September 18, 1951. Transcript of IUE-CIO 3rd Convention Proceedings
Date: September 18, 1951
Description: 
Event: IUE-CIO 3rd Annual Convention, Buffalo, NY, September 17-21, 1951
Format: Document--Transcripts
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, James B. Carey--Statements, Eleanor Roosevelt
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 119, Folder 7
ID Number(s): DSCN3287.JPG, DSCN3288.JPG

Tuesday, September 18, 1951

Title: Phillip Murray Portrait, 1951
Date: 1951
Description: 
Event: IUE-CIO 3rd Annual Convention, Buffalo, NY, September 17-21, 1951
Format: Photograph
Subject: Phillip Murray--Images
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Box 1, Folder 61
ID Number(s): photo_0449

Monday, September 17, 1951

Title: Meeting Credential Medal, IUE-CIO 3rd Convention, worn by "Delegate"
Date: September 17, 1951
Description: 
Event: IUE-CIO 3rd Annual Convention, Buffalo, NY, September 17-21, 1951
Format: Ephemera--Meeting Credential Medals
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, James B. Carey--Images, Phillip Murray--Images
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3043.JPG, DSCN3045.JPG, DSCN3046.JPG

Monday, September 17, 1951

Title: Meeting Credential Medal, IUE-CIO 3rd Convention, worn by "President"
Date: September 17-21, 1951
Description: The meeting credential medal worn by James B. Carey during the IUE-CIO 3rd Convention in Buffalo, NY. The top medal describes Buffalo as the "Cradle of Industrial Unionism in the Electrical Industry." The bottom medal features sketches of James B. Carey and CIO President Phillip Murray inside a television set.
Event: IUE-CIO 3rd Annual Convention, Buffalo, NY, September 17-21, 1951
Format: Ephemera--Meeting Credential Medals 
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, James B. Carey--Images, Phillip Murray--Images
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3114.JPG, DSCN3117.JPG, DSCN3118.JPG

Monday, September 17, 1951

Title: Carey's Statement, Monday, September 17, 1951. Transcript of IUE-CIO 3rd Convention Proceedings
Date: September 17, 1951
Description: 
Event: IUE-CIO 3rd Annual Convention, Buffalo, NY, September 17-21, 1951
Format: Document--Transcripts
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, James B. Carey--Statements
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 119, Folder 6
ID Number(s): DSCN3274.JPG, DSCN3275.JPG, DSCN3276.JPG, DSCN3277.JPG, DSCN3278.JPG, DSCN3279.JPG, DSCN3280.JPG

Monday, September 17, 1951

Title: Carey's Statement, Monday, September 17, 1951. Transcript of IUE-CIO 3rd Convention Proceedings
Date: September 17, 1951
Description: President Carey's makes comment about a badge.
Event: IUE-CIO 3rd Annual Convention, Buffalo, NY, September 17-21, 1951
Format: Document--Transcripts
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, James B. Carey--Statements, International Labor Activities
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 119, Folder 6
ID Number(s): DSCN3282.JPG

Monday, September 17, 1951

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