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: Caricature of Carey 
Date: September 27 - October 1, 1954
Description: 
Event: IUE-CIO 6th Annual Convention, Miami Beach, FL, September 27 - October 1, 1954
Format: Ephemera
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, James B. Carey--Images, GE, Westinghouse, Bargaining
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 38, Folder 1
ID Number(s): DSCN3343.JPG, DSCN3344.JPG, DSCN3345.JPG, DSCN3346.JPG

Monday, September 27, 1954

Title: Meeting Credential Medal, IUE-CIO 6th Convention, worn by "Distinguished Guest"
Date: September 27 - October 1, 1954
Description: 
Event: IUE-CIO 6th Annual Convention, Miami Beach, FL, September 27 - October 1, 1954
Format: Ephemera--Meeting Credential Medals
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 38, Folder 4
ID Number(s): DSCN3347.JPG, DSCN3349.JPG, DSCN3350.JPG

Monday, September 27, 1954

Title: Carey with Walter Reuther and Former President Harry S. Truman
Date: 1954
Description: Carey and United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther confer with former President Harry S. Truman during a CIO Executive Board meeting in May 1954.
Event: n/a
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, United States Presidents--Harry S. Truman, Walter Reuther--Images, Politics
Collection: Library Annex. IUE International Photo Collection
Location: Photo box A-G, "Carey Informal" 1935-1956
ID Number(s): carey_photo34

Saturday, May 1, 1954

Title: Carey poses with cartoon at the IUE 5th anniversary celebration
Date: 1954
Description: Carey celebrates the IUE success at the fifth anniversary party in 1954.
Event: IUE-CIO 5th Anniversary
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, IUE-CIO--Membership
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): carey_photo24

Friday, January 1, 1954

Title: Carey and Al Hartnett at 5th anniversary celebration of IUE-CIO
Date: 1954
Description: In happier times, Al Hartnett (left) and Carey at the fifth anniversary celebration in 1954. The two were instrumental in the movement that led to the creation of the IUE, but differences led to a bitter split of the two men by 1962.
Event: IUE-CIO 5th Anniversary
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Al Hartnett--Images, IUE-CIO, Celebrations
Collection: SMLR 
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): carey_photo25

Friday, January 1, 1954

Title: Carey and Al Hartnett cut IUE-CIO birthday cake
Date: 1954 
Description: This amicable picture belies the tensions to come between Carey and IUE Secretary-Treasurer Al Hartnett during the early 1960s. Hartnett served as Secretary-Treasurer of the IUE under Carey until their acrimonious split in 1962, when Carey orchestrated a successful recall of Hartnett by the IUE membership.
Event: IUE-CIO 5th Anniversary
Format: Photograph
Subject: James B. Carey--Images, Al Hartnett--Images, IUE-CIO, Celebrations
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3158.JPG

Friday, January 1, 1954

Title: Meeting Credential Medal, IUE-CIO 5th Convention, worn by "Distinguished Guest"
Date: September 28 - October 2, 1953
Description: 
Event: IUE-CIO 5th Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, September 28 - October 2, 1953
Format: Ephemera--Meeting Credential Medals
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, International Labor Activities
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3058.JPG, DSCN3059.JPG

Monday, September 28, 1953

Title: Meeting Credential Medal, IUE-CIO 5th Convention, worn by "Official Staff"
Date: September 28 - October 2, 1953
Description: 
Event: IUE-CIO 5th Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, September 28 - October 2, 1953
Format: Ephemera--Meeting Credential Medals
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, International Labor Activities
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3050.JPG, DSCN3053.JPG, DSCN3051.JPG

Monday, September 28, 1953

Title: Meeting Credential Medals (4), IUE-CIO 5th Convention
Date: September 28 - October 2, 1953
Description: Distinguished Guest, Delegate, Official Staff, and Usher meeting credential medals.
Event: IUE-CIO 5th Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, September 28 - October 2, 1953
Format: Ephemera--Meeting Credential Medals
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, International Labor Activities
Collection: SMLR
Location: Carey Ephemera Boxes
ID Number(s): DSCN3061.JPG

Monday, September 28, 1953

Title: IUE-CIO 5th Convention Highlights, Monday, September 28, 1953
Date: September 28 - October 2, 1953
Description: Cover art depicts cross-border communication and cooperation between the United States and Canada.
Event: IUE-CIO 5th Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, September 28 - October 2, 1953
Format: Document--Pamphlets
Subject: IUE-CIO--Annual Conventions, International Labor Activities
Collection: Special Collections and University Archives, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Records
Location: Box 120, Folder 7
ID Number(s): DSCN3303.JPG, DSCN3304.JPG, DSCN3305.JPG

Monday, September 28, 1953

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