Gerber/Hart Library and Archives


The Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, founded in 1981, is the largest circulating library of gay and lesbian titles in the Midwestern United States. 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.
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.
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Location

Gerber/Hart was originally located in the offices of Gay Horizons. In 2012, the library moved into its current location in Rogers Park, a neighborhood in northern Chicago, IL. It is housed in the Howard Brown Health building on Clark Street, 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.