Melinda Guttmann Collection

The Melinda Guttmann Collection is principally a research collection, holding papers assembled during the creation of Melinda Guttmann's works on Bertha Pappenheim. The collection includes documentation produced by Melinda Guttmann on Bertha Pappenheim as well as a considerable amount of articles on Bertha Pappenheim and related topics. In addition, there are also translations of the writing of Bertha Pappenheim.

The collection holds only a small amount of material on Melinda Guttmann herself. Such papers comprise Series I and include a few letters and résumés.

Melinda Guttmann's works on Bertha Pappenheim are located in Series II: Works. Such productions include a few short articles on Pappenheim, a one-woman performance piece entitled Anna O.'s Private Theatre, and a book called The Enigma of Anna O.. Material on the creation of these works includes correspondence with publishers, editors, and translators, funding proposals, and contracts. A script and stage notes are available for Anna O.'s Private Theatre, and the documentation related to The Enigma of Anna O. includes several drafts of the book's manuscript as well as notes, outlines, and comments by others on revisions.

Although a small amount of notes and research summaries will be found among the papers of Series II, the majority of collected research will be found in Series III: Research. The papers of this series include translations into English of Bertha Pappenheim's writing as well as a large collection of articles on Bertha Pappenheim and related articles that provide a context for looking at her life, such as articles on Jewish and German history, psychoanalysis, feminism, and women's history. Additional research on Bertha Pappenheim includes the video interviews of Series IV, which includes discussions with individuals who knew Bertha Pappenheim.