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 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 and Milton Weihrauch at dedication of Carey Library
Date: October 20, 1962
Description: Milton Weihrauch, President of IUE District Council Four, seen here with James Carey, was one of the leading proponents of the Rutgers Labor Education Center and a frequent user of its programs.
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, Celebrations, Labor Leaders
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Photo box A-G, "Carey Informal" 1957-1964
ID Number(s): carey_photo41

Saturday, October 20, 1962

Title: Carey and other labor leaders gather at the Labor Education Center Dedication Ceremony
Date: October 20, 1962
Description: A photograph taken outside the registration tents of the Labor Education Center Dedication Ceremony. From left to right: Dr. Lewis Herrmann, Vice President, New Jersey State AFL-CIO, Milton Weihrauch, IUE District 4 President, James Carey, New Jersey Governor Richard Hughes, Rutgers University President Milton Gross, and an unidentified man.
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
Collection: SMLR
Location: Photo Box, Folder 50
ID Number(s): SMLR_050

Saturday, October 20, 1962

Title: Dedication of James B. Carey Library, IUE Presentation Speech
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--Biography, Libraries, Celebrations
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_lib_intro.pdf

Saturday, October 20, 1962

Title: Carey poses in front of the Carey Library Plaque
Date: October 20, 1962
Description: James Carey beside his plaque in the Carey Library on dedication day with, from left to right, Benjamin Segal, IUE Education Director, Jack Suarez, President, IUE District Three, Mrs. Margaret Carey, and George Collins.
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, James B. Carey--Awards/Certificates, Libraries, Labor Leaders, Celebrations
Collection: SMLR
Location: Photo Box, Folder 2
ID Number(s): SMLR_002

Saturday, October 20, 1962

Title: Carey with "Labor's Troubadour" Joe Glazer at the Full Citizenship Conference
Date: February, 1962
Description: "Labor's Troubadour" Joe Glazer with James Carey at the IUE Full Citizenship Conference, February 1962, at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Event: IUE Full Citizenship Conference, Washington, DC. February 12-14, 1962
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Photo box #1
ID Number(s): carey_photo16

Monday, February 12, 1962

Title: George Weaver, Arthur Goldberg, and James B. Carey at Full Citizenship Conference
Date: February, 1962
Description: 
Event: IUE Full Citizenship Conference, Washington, DC. February 12-14, 1962
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Civil Rights, African Americans
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Box 1, Folder 39
ID Number(s): photo_0145

Thursday, February 1, 1962

Title: Carey addressing Association of Catholic Trade Unionists
Date: May 21, 1961
Description: Carey receives the ACTU Quadragesimo Anno Award at this meeting.
Event: 24th Annual Celebration, Association of Catholic Trade Unionists, New York Chapter, New York, NY - "The Earth to Enjoy" May 21, 1961
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, ACTU, Religious groups
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Box 1, Folder 28
ID Number(s): photo_0102

Sunday, May 21, 1961

Title: Carey at an AFL-CIO Executive Council Meeting
Date: January 19, 1961
Description: John F. Kennedy attends this meeting a day before his inauguration.
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, United States Presidents--John F. Kennedy, AFL-CIO, Meetings
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Photo box A-Z, "JFK" folder
ID Number(s): carey_photo57

Thursday, January 19, 1961

Title: Carey, Herb Levine (Director of IMLR Library), and Bernard Downey (IMLR Librarian)
Date: 1960
Description: Two years prior to the dedication of the IMLR Library, Carey enthusiastically looks at a book with IMLR Library Director and Librarian.
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Libraries
Collection: SMLR
Location: Photo Box, Folder 124
ID Number(s): carey_photo54

Friday, January 1, 1960

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