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: 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

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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