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 poses with local labor leaders and leadership of Rutgers University Institute of Management and Labor Relations
Date: October 20, 1962
Description: From left to right: Irving Kerrison, Director of Development, Institute of Management and Labor Relations, James Carey, Herb Levine, Director of the Institute of Management and Labor Relations and Milton Weihrauch, IUE District 4 President.
Event: Dedication of Labor Education Center and James B. Carey Library at the Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Labor Leaders, Celebrations
Collection: SMLR
Location: Photo Box, Folder 133
ID Number(s): SMLR_133

Saturday, October 20, 1962

Title: Carey receives applause at the Carey Library Dedication breakfast
Date: October 20, 1962
Description: George Collins, IUE District 4 Vice President, Vincent J. Murphy, President, New Jersey State AFL-CIO, and Milton Weihrauch applaud Carey at the dedication breakfast at the Roger Smith Hotel.
Event: Dedication of Labor Education Center and James B. Carey Library at the Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Libraries, Labor Leaders, Celebrations
Collection: SMLR
Location: Photo Box, Folder 112
ID Number(s): SMLR_112

Saturday, October 20, 1962

Title: Library Plaque
Date: October 20, 1962
Description: This bronze plaque, dedicating the James B. Carey Library, currently hangs in the Carey Library located within the Labor Education Center on Cook Campus (Rutgers University).
Event: Dedication of Labor Education Center and James B. Carey Library at the Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Format: Ephemera
Subject: James B. Carey--Awards/Certificates, Libraries, Celebrations
Collection: SMLR
Location: James B. Carey Library
ID Number(s): DSCN3133.JPG

Saturday, October 20, 1962

Title: Carey's Address: Dedication of Labor Education Center, Rutgers Institute of Management and Labor Relations
Date: October 20, 1962
Description: 
Event: Dedication of Labor Education Center and James B. Carey Library at the Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Format: Document--Transcripts
Subject: James B. Carey--Statements, American Labor Movement--History, Education
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 5, Folder 18
ID Number(s): carey_lec_speech.pdf

Saturday, October 20, 1962

Title: Carey speaks at the Carey Library testimonial breakfast
Date: October 20, 1962
Description: Carey, pictured with Milton Weihrauch, IUE District 4 Presdient, speaks at the Carey Library Dedication testimonial breakfast.
Event: Dedication of Labor Education Center and James B. Carey Library at the Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Labor Leaders, Libraries, Celebrations
Collection: SMLR
Location: Photo Box, Folder 146
ID Number(s): SMLR_146

Saturday, October 20, 1962

Title: Carey's Address: Dedication of Labor Education Center, Rutgers Institute of Management and Labor Relations
Date: October 20, 1962
Description: 
Event: Dedication of Labor Education Center and James B. Carey Library at the Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Format: Document--Transcripts
Subject: James B. Carey--Statements, American Labor Movement--History, Education
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 5, Folder 18
ID Number(s): carey_lec_speech.pdf

Saturday, October 20, 1962

Title: Carey speaks at the Dedication of the Labor Education Center
Date: October 20, 1962
Description: James B. Carey speaks under the tent while Governor Richard J. Hughes (left) and Rutgers President Mason W. Gross (right) look on.
Event: Dedication of Labor Education Center and James B. Carey Library at the Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Political Figures, Celebrations
Collection: SMLR
Location: Photo Box, Folder 33
ID Number(s): SMLR_033a

Saturday, October 20, 1962

Title: Carey speaks at the Dedication of the Labor Education Center
Date: October 20, 1962
Description: Carey, mid-gesture, is pictured speaking at the Labor Education Center Dedication Ceremony. Next to Carey, from left to right: New Jersey Governor Richard J. Hughes, Rutgers University President Mason W. Gross, Vincent J. Murphy, President, New Jersey State AFL-CIO, Dr. Lewis Herrmann, Vice President, New Jersey State AFL-CIO, and Ernest McMahon, Rutgers Dean of the University Extension Division.
Event: Dedication of Labor Education Center and James B. Carey Library at the Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Political Figures, Labor Leaders, Celebrations
Collection: SMLR
Location: Photo Box, Folder 33
ID Number(s): SMLR_033b

Saturday, October 20, 1962

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