Gerber/Hart Library

Chicago, Italy

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. 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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Nearby

Leather Archives and Museum musei · 0.3 km away
Mayne Stage theatre · 1 km away
Young Lincoln Statue monumenti · 1 km away
Madonna Della Strada Chapel church · 1 km away
Anderson–Carlson Building monumenti · 1 km away
Berger Park panorami · 1 km away
Rosehill Cemetery cemetery · 2 km away
Congregation Or Chadash synagogue · 2 km away