The fonds consists primarily of photographs, albums and scrapbooks which document Msgr. Otterson's time at seminary and his early priesthood. There are very few photographs from his time spent as a teacher. Unfortunately, many of the photographs are unidentified.
In addition there are a few letters, newspaper clippings and other miscellaneous textual records such as cards, prayer cards, and invitations.
The fonds comprises a single series consisting of the following files:
1-1 : Personal papers (ca. 1948 - 1990)
1-2 : Newspaper clippings (ca. 1940 - 1960)
1-3 : Photograph album 1
1-4 : Photograph album 2
1-5 : Album # 3
1-6 : Photograph album 4 (located in vault, Shelf L2-4-1)
1-7 : Photographs from seminary days (ca. 1940-1950)
1-8 : General photographs (ca. 1950-2000)