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Gerber/Hart Library and Archives

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Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
Partial view of the library stacks, with six rows of stacks of bookshelves. Part of a rainbow flag and United States flag are visible hanging from the ceiling.
Gerber/Hart Library stacks
Map
42°00′00″N 87°40′18″W / 41.999970°N 87.671641°W / 41.999970; -87.671641
LocationRogers Park, Chicago, United States, United States
ScopeLGBTQ materials
Established1981; 45 years ago (1981)
Other information
DirectorErin Bell
Websitewww.gerberhart.org

The Gerber/Hart Library and Archives (or "The Henry Gerber–Pearl M. Hart Library: The Midwest Lesbian & Gay Resource Center"), founded in 1981, is the largest circulating library of gay and lesbian titles in the Midwestern United States.[1] Located in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, it houses over 14,000 volumes, 800 periodical titles, and 100 items in the archival collection. The Gerber/Hart Library and Archives were inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1996.[2]

Although a private non-profit, the library has received public funding for its continuing operation from Illinois' "Fund for the Future," including a $25,000 grant in 1999.[3]

Location

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Gerber/Hart was originally located in the offices of Gay Horizons (now known as the Center on Halsted[4]).[5] In 2012, the library moved into its current location in Rogers Park, a neighborhood in northern Chicago, IL.[6][7] It is housed in the Howard Brown Health building on Clark Street,[8] where the organization rents several rooms on the second floor.

Alongside a reading room and free circulating library, Gerber/Hart also has a physical exhibition space, which rotates throughout the year.[9]

Author Rebecca Makkai utilized the Gerber/Hart archives as part of her research for the novel, The Great Believers.[10]

References

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  1. ↑ "The Illinois Department of Human Rights commemorates LGBT Pride Month". Illinois Department of Human Rights. June 19, 2006. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame". glhalloffame.org. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Enrolled Act SB630". State of Illinois 91st General Assembly Legislation. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2006.
  4. ↑ "Center on Halsted History". Center on Halsted. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  5. ↑ "A Brief History of Gerber/Hart Library". www.lib.niu.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  6. ↑ Tribune, Hannah Edgar | Chicago (March 30, 2022). "At 40, Gerber/Hart, the Midwest's independent LGBTQ library and archive, is on the move — again". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  7. ↑ Tribune, Chicago (April 26, 2012). "Historians up in arms about archives future". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Hours and Location". gerberhart. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Exhibits". gerberhart. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  10. ↑ "The Real-Life Activists That Helped Inspire The Great Believers". Read & Run Chicago. Retrieved May 30, 2026.

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