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Creator: Henry Gordon Sweet (1904-1975); Henry C. Rowe Trust; Long Wharf Redevelopment Project Extent: 3 boxes Description: Henry Gordon Sweet graduated from Hillhouse High School in 1921 and received a B.A. from Yale in 1926. He then joined Henry C. Rowe & Company, a firm of oyster growers organized by his grandfather, Raul Rowe, in 1868. He became general manager and later president of the Rowe Company. In 1945 Sweet served as consultant to the War Shipping Administration in the Division of Ship Requirements. In 1954 he became executive director of the newly formed Citizens Action Commission, and in 1959 became Assistant Director of the Agency in charge of the Long Wharf Redevelopment Project. The collection contains photographs of the New Haven oyster industry, papers of the Henry C. Rowe Trust and the Long Wharf Redevelopment Project, Sweet's personal and business correspondence, and published articles on the oyster industry and urban renewal in New Haven. Forms part of the New Haven Harbor Collection. Research Topics: Oyster industry in New Haven; oystering practices and equipment; urban renewal