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Fonds consists of the records of the BC Dragoons from 1914-2000. Includes war diaries from WWI and WWII, minutes, general administrative records, correspondence, financial and legal documents, personnel records, reports, information about various military exercises and social events, newsletters and circulars, training and technical manuals, maps and architectural drawings, ephemera and photographs. Also included in the fonds are records of the various squadron messes, the Whizzbang Association, the Unit Fund Committee, and the BCD Historical Society. The records document the evolution of the BC Dragoons from a small cavalry unit in World War I, their stint as the 9th Armoured regiment during World War II, to their present position of reserve militia for the Canadian Armed Forces. The records also document the Canadian war efforts both in Canada and overseas, as well as the regiment's activities (military exercises, community activities, the establishment of a museum) during the ensuing years of peace.

The fonds consists of portraits (photographic prints and negatives) of soldiers in uniform while stationed at Camp Vernon during World War II.

The collection consists of photographs of the Rocky Mountain Rangers militia regiment and various other units of the Canadian Army and the Canadian Armed Forces at peace time and during World War I and II. Collection includes individual and group portraits and photographs of regimental activities and facilities, as well as scenes of Kamloops and area and of the Vernon Training Camp of the Canadian Army.