Gerber/Hart Library and Archives explained

Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
Country:	United States
Scope:	LGBTQ materials
Location:	Rogers Park, Chicago, United States
Director:	Erin Bell

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 archival collections. 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 taxpayer funds for its continuing operation from Illinois' "Fund for the Future," including a $25,000 grant in 1999.^[3]

Further reading

• Web site: A Brief History of Gerber/Hart Library. Michael McCaslin. ILLINOIS PERIODICALS ONLINE.
• News: Gerber/Hart: The library that rescues Chicago's gay history. Chicago Sun-Times. 2006-01-08. Leslie Baldacci.
• Web site: Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. Gerber/Hart Library and Archives. 1996. 2006-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190607/http://www.glhalloffame.org/index.pl?item=85&todo=view_item. 2007-09-27. dead.
• News: SIMONETTE. MATT. 2014-06-25 . Gerber/Hart updates public on progress, gift. Windy City Times . 2016-06-18.
• News: Gerber-Hart will reopen in Rogers Park. Chicago Tribune. 2014-08-08. 2016-06-18.

External links

• Official Gerber/Hart Library web site

Notes and References

1. News: The Illinois Department of Human Rights commemorates LGBT Pride Month . 2006-06-19 . Illinois Department of Human Rights . 2006-08-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071203140629/http://www.state.il.us/dhr/news_rel/GLBT_06.doc . 2007-12-03 .
2. Web site: Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame . glhalloffame.org . 28 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151017032241/http://www.glhalloffame.org/index.pl?page=inductees&todo=year . 17 October 2015 .
3. Web site: Enrolled Act SB630 . State of Illinois 91st General Assembly Legislation . 2006-08-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030859/http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0630LV.html . 2007-09-30 .