Robert Queve Woody Jr.

Description

This 1943 image of Robert Queve Woody, Jr. (1923-2005), son of Queve, Sr. and Cora Wilson Woody, is part of the Stearns-Grueninger Collection. Both men were long-term employees of Carolina Wood Turning Company. Irving Kip Stearns (1895-1942) was president of Carolina Wood Turning Company from 1928 until his death in 1942. Stearns’ grandfather, Jeremiah Shank, started the company in 1903 as Bryson City Pump Works and it grew to be a thriving industry for the community. In 1911, Stearns was in the first graduating class of Bryson City High School. He had one son, Joseph Pease Stearns (1917-1948). In 1935, I. K. married Betty Grueninger (1896-1971).
Details
- Creator
  - Stearns, I. K.
- Format
  - Slides (photographs)
  - Portraits
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date original: 1941-07-07
  - Date digitized: 2020-09-22
- Extent
  - Dimension: 2" x 2"
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Swain County (N.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Stearns-Grueninger Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS20-02_01_038
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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