| Gerber/Hart Library and Archives | |
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 Gerber/Hart Library stacks | |
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| 42°00′00″N87°40′18″W / 41.999970°N 87.671641°W /41.999970; -87.671641 | |
| Location | Rogers Park,Chicago,United States, United States |
| Scope | LGBTQ materials |
| Established | 1981; 44 years ago (1981) |
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| Director | Erin Bell |
| Website | www |
TheGerber/Hart Library and Archives (or "TheHenry Gerber–Pearl M. Hart Library: The Midwest Lesbian & Gay Resource Center"), founded in 1981, is the largest circulatinglibrary ofgay andlesbian titles in theMidwestern United States.[1] Located in Chicago'sRogers Park neighborhood, it houses over 14,000 volumes, 800periodical titles, and 100 items in the archival collection. The Gerber/Hart Library and Archives were inducted into theChicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1996.[2]
Although a privatenon-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]
Gerber/Hart was originally located in the offices of Gay Horizons (now known as theCenter on Halsted[4]).[5] In 2012, the library moved into its current location in Rogers Park, a neighborhood in northernChicago, IL.[6][7] It is housed in theHoward 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]