The collection includes news clippings and magazine articles about Douglas Cardinal's career, his résumés, a portrait, architect's statements for some of his projects, pamphlets, brochures, exhibition catalogues, press releases, postcards, a poster, a book, and a first day cover. The collection is particularly rich in material about the Canadian Museum of Civilization

The collection consists of photographs of historic sites and buildings in the Red Deer area; and copies of archival photographs, many of them loaned by families for publication in local history books. The negatives are stored in envelopes, with the subjects listed on the outsides