Fonds consists of correspondence of Agnes Coates, 1891-1943; addresses and diaries of Agnes Coates, 1886-1887, 1935; annotated copy of Agnes Coates' book, "The Sure Road to Health; or "What Can Be Learned From The Nutrition Laboratory"; correspondence, diaries and addresses of Harper H. Coates, 1892-1913; family correspondence, 1910-1977; biographical and genealogical notes; three boxes of unsorted notes of Willson Coates for planned biography; 2 scrapbooks and 103 photographs.

Fonds consists records relating to teaching work in Japan from 1960s until Daphne's retirement in 1994, and photographs relating to C.G.I.T [Canadian Girls in Training] camp and M.R.E.C [Master of Religious Education?] camp, 1945-1975.