Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
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| 42°00′00″N 87°40′18″W / 41.999970°N 87.671641°W | |
| Location | Rogers Park, Chicago, United States, United States |
| Scope | LGBTQ materials |
| Established | 1981 |
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| Director | Erin Bell |
| Website | www |
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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Illinois Department of Human Rights commemorates LGBT Pride Month". Illinois Department of Human Rights. 2006-06-19. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2006-08-09.
- ^ "Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame". glhalloffame.org. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Enrolled Act SB630". State of Illinois 91st General Assembly Legislation. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-08-09.
- ^ "Center on Halsted History". Center on Halsted. Retrieved Nov 5, 2024.
- ^ "A Brief History of Gerber/Hart Library". www.lib.niu.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Tribune, Hannah Edgar | Chicago (2022-03-30). "At 40, Gerber/Hart, the Midwest's independent LGBTQ library and archive, is on the move — again". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Tribune, Chicago (2012-04-26). "Historians up in arms about archives future". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ "Hours and Location". gerberhart. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ "Exhibits". gerberhart. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
Further reading
[edit]- Michael McCaslin. "A Brief History of Gerber/Hart Library". ILLINOIS PERIODICALS ONLINE.
- Leslie Baldacci (2006-01-08). "Gerber/Hart: The library that rescues Chicago's gay history". Chicago Sun-Times.
- "Gerber/Hart Library and Archives". Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. 1996. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-08-09.
- SIMONETTE, MATT (2014-06-25). "Gerber/Hart updates public on progress, gift". Windy City Times. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- "Gerber-Hart will reopen in Rogers Park". Chicago Tribune. 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2016-06-18.