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 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_0090

Sunday, March 10, 1957

Title: Carey on CBS "Face the Nation" with view of set
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_0092

Sunday, March 10, 1957

Title: Schenectady "Patroon" honorary title given to James B. Carey 
Date: February 18, 1957
Description: Carey honored in Schenectady, NY, home to a major GE plant.
Event: n/a
Format: Ephemera--Awards/Certificates
Subject: James B. Carey--Awards/Certificates
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3140.JPG

Monday, February 18, 1957

Title: IUE News Press Ribbon, UE 21st International Convention
Date: September 17-21, 1956
Description:
Event: UE 21st International Convention, New York, NY, September 17-21, 1956
Format: Ephemera--Meeting Credential Medals
Subject: UE--Conventions
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3067.JPG

Monday, September 17, 1956

Title: 3-Cent Labor Day Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp, Issue 1956
Date: September 3, 1956
Description: Labor Day Commemorative Stamp book given to James B. Carey. Includes four special edition stamps and a quote of President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the dedication of the new AFL-CIO Building, June 4, 1956.
Event: Labor Day, 1956
Format: Ephemera
Subject: United States Presidents--Dwight D. Eisenhower, Labor Day
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3163.JPG, DSCN3162.JPG, RSCN3165.JPG

Monday, September 3, 1956

Title: Biographical Sketch of James B. Carey, 1956
Date: May 11, 1956
Description: 
Event: n/a
Format: Document
Subject: James B. Carey--Biography
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): DSCN3315.JPG, DSCN3316.JPG, DSCN3317.JPG

Friday, May 11, 1956

Title: Carey outside the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Date: 1956
Description: Carey visits the Philadelphia area office of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service during the Westinghouse strike in January 1956.
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Strikes, Negotiations
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Photo box A-G, "Carey Informal" 1935-1956
ID Number(s): carey_photo35

Sunday, January 1, 1956

Title: Meeting Credential Medal, AFL-CIO 1st Convention, worn by "Guest"
Date: December 5, 1955
Description: The logo of the newly formed AFL-CIO is displayed on the bottom medal of this meeting credential medal.
Event: AFL-CIO 1st Convention, New York, NY, December 5, 1955
Format: Ephemera--Meeting Credential Medals
Subject: AFL-CIO--Constitutional Conventions, Logos
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3017.JPG, DSCN3020.JPG, DSCN3018.JPG

Monday, December 5, 1955

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