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 speaks at a Democratic National Convention Platform Meeting
Date: 1960
Description: Always active in Democratic Party politics, James Carey makes a point at the Democratic Convention platform hearing in 1960.
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Politics
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Photo box A-G, "Carey Informal" 1957-1964
ID Number(s): carey_photo46

Friday, January 1, 1960

Title: Carey Portrait, standing, early 1960s
Date: 1960s
Description: 
Event: 
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): carey_photo26

Friday, January 1, 1960

Title: Organized Labor in Politics, by James B. Carey: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Volume 319
Date: September 1958
Description: 
Event: n/a
Format: Document--Pamphlets
Subject: James B. Carey--Writings/Correspondence, Politics, Education, Democracy
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 35, Folder 6
ID Number(s): DSCN3318.JPG, DSCN3319.JPG, DSCN3320.JPG, DSCN3321.JPG, DSCN3322.JPG, DSCN3323.JPG, DSCN3324.JPG, DSCN3325.JPG, DSCN3326.JPG, DSCN3327.JPG, DSCN3328.JPG

Monday, September 1, 1958

Title: Carey boards a charter flight
Date: November 8, 1957
Description: Carey heads to Brussels for his work with the IFCTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions).
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, International Labor Activities, ICFTU
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Photo box A-G, "Carey Informal" 1957-1964
ID Number(s): carey_photo45

Friday, November 8, 1957

Title: Carey, Walter Reuther, and John F. Kennedy
Date: November, 1957
Description: Carey, Reuther, Kennedy at an AFL-CIO, IUD (Industrial Union Division) meeting.
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, United States Presidents--John F. Kennedy, Walter Reuther--Images, Meetings, AFL-CIO--IUD
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Photo box A-Z, "JFK" folder
ID Number(s): carey_photo58

Friday, November 1, 1957

Title: Albert "Happy" Chandler commissions James B. Carey as a Kentucky Colonel 
Date: September 18, 1957
Description: "Happy" Chandler, Kentucky Governer and former Major League Baseball commissioner who presided over the signing of Jackie Robinson in 1947, commissions Carey as a Kentucky Colonel.
Event: n/a
Format: Ephemera--Awards/Certificates
Subject: James B. Carey--Awards/Certificates
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3135.JPG

Wednesday, September 18, 1957

Title: George Meany, James B. Carey and Walter Reuther
Date: 1957
Description: A stressed looking AFL-CIO President George Meany (left) seeks the counsel of James Carey and Walter Reuther at an AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in April, 1957.
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Walter Reuther--Images, George Meany--Images
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Photo box A-G, "Carey Informal" 1957-1964
ID Number(s): carey_photo44

Monday, April 1, 1957

Title: Carey on CBS "Face the Nation"
Date: March 10, 1957
Description: 
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Box 1, Folder 23
ID Number(s): photo_0091

Sunday, March 10, 1957

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