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 |
Other information | |
Director | Erin Bell |
Website |
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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]
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 |
Other information | |
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 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]