This fonds consists of research notes, manuscript drafts, photocopies of primary sources, correspondence, and a few original documents and photographs acquired by David Roberts in the course of his research for a book about Gordon M. McGregor and the Ford Motor Company of Canada in Windsor, Ontario. The fonds is organized into two series, reflecting the two accessions through which the material was received and arranged. Series I primarily contains draft manuscripts, research correspondence, and research notes relating to McGregor’s personal and professional life, the automobile industry, and McGregor’s contemporaries. Series II principally contains research correspondence, images, and research notes from Windsor newspapers and the Ford of Canada Archives.

This fonds consists of two files of photocopied business records from what appear to have been original 19th century ledger books. One set of documents covers income and expenses for the period 1873-1875, including real estate, wood products, and payments to individuals, mentioning Caleb Coatsworth and others. Another set of documents covering 1883-1897 includes accounts of vessels listed as reporting and clearing from the Port of Romney, Caleb Coatsworth’s dock, and the Romney Castoria [?] outside the Port of Chatham. The latter set of documents includes lists of steamers and schooners with their national affiliations and tonnages, as well as lists of merchandise (such as lumber and fish) exported from the Port of Romney.