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: 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: 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

Title: Al Hartnett Portrait, 1951
Date: 1951
Description: A portrait of IUE Secretary-Treasurer. Hartnett held the position until 1962.
Event: IUE-CIO 3rd Annual Convention, Buffalo, NY, September 17-21, 1951
Format: Photograph
Subject: Al Hartnett--Images
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Box 1, Folder 61
ID Number(s): photo_0448

Monday, January 1, 1951

Title: Carey Portrait, 1951
Date: 1951
Description: 
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Box 1, Folder 61
ID Number(s): photo_0447

Monday, January 1, 1951

Title: Carey Portrait, 1951, Inscribed
Date: 1951
Description: 
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, IUE-CIO--Locals
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3157.JPG

Monday, January 1, 1951

Title: Carey's Statement, Tuesday, December 5, 1950. Transcript of IUE-CIO 2nd Convention Proceedings
Date: December 5, 1950
Description: 
Event: IUE-CIO 2nd Annual Convention, Milwaukee, WI, December 4-8, 1950
Format: Document--Transcripts
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, Taft-Hartley, Government contracts, Atomic Energy Commission, 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 1
ID Number(s): DSCN3260.JPG, DSCN3261.JPG, DSCN3262.JPG, DSCN3263.JPG, DSCN3264.JPG, DSCN3265.JPG

Tuesday, December 5, 1950

Title: Carey's Statement to President Harry Truman, Tuesday, December 5, 1950. Transcript of IUE-CIO 2nd Convention Proceedings
Date: December 5, 1950
Description: 
Event: IUE-CIO 2nd Annual Convention, Milwaukee, WI, December 4-8, 1950
Format: Document--Transcripts
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, James B. Carey--Statements, United States Presidents--Harry S. Truman, Communism, International Affairs
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 119, Folder 1
ID Number(s): DSCN3266.JPG, DSCN3267.JPG, DSCN3268.JPG, DSCN3269.JPG

Tuesday, December 5, 1950

Title: Carey speaks at IUE-CIO 2nd Annual Convention
Date: December 4-8, 1950
Description: James B. Carey addresses the IUE-CIO's Second Annual Convention in December 1950. It was at this convention, held in Milwaukee, that Carey was formally elected as the first president of the IUE-CIO.
Event: IUE-CIO 2nd Annual Convention, Milwaukee, WI, December 4-8, 1950
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, Phillip Murray--Images
Collection: Alexander Library
Location: Artifacts Boxes, 1st Floor
ID Number(s): carey_photo1

Monday, December 4, 1950

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