The Melinda Guttmann Collection is principally a research collection, holding papers assembled during the creation of Melinda Guttmann's works on Bertha Pappenheim. Such works 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

The collection includes documentation by Melinda Guttmann on Bertha Pappenheim as well as a considerable amount of articles on Bertha Pappenheim and related topics that provide a context for looking at her life, such as articles on Jewish and German history, psychoanalysis, feminism, and women's history. In addition, there are also translations of the writings of Bertha Pappenheim. Additional research on Bertha Pappenheim includes video interviews with individuals who knew Bertha Pappenheim

The collection holds only a small amount of material on Melinda Guttmann herself, including a few letters and résumés

For further material on Bertha Pappenheim, see also the Bertha Pappenheim Collection, AR 331. In addition, several biographies of Bertha Pappenheim are available in the LBI Library

Melinda Guttmann was a member of the faculty of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at CUNY for a number of years, where she taught in the Department of Speech, Theater, and Media Studies. Her performance "Anna O.'s Private Theatre" was shown with lectures internationally, and she has published several articles on Bertha Pappenheim. Melinda Guttmanns publications include many reviews of performances, as well as a number of articles and performances about nuclear disasters

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