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ABOUT GERBER/HART

Gerber/Hart Library and Archives was founded in 1981 on the belief that knowledge is key to dispelling homophobia and the marginalization of sexual and gender minorities.   Gerber/Hart collects, preserves, and makes accessible items related to LGBTQ history and culture. Open to everyone, Gerber/Hart is dedicated to promoting research, learning, exploration, and discovery in a safe atmosphere.   Focused primarily on the Midwest, Gerber/Hart has grown to become one of the larger independent LGBTQ libraries and archives, containing a 22,500 volume circulating library, 600 periodicals, 700 newsletters, 150 archive collections (980 linear feet), 1,700 linear feet of Special Collections items, and four exhibition venues.

MISSION

Gerber/Hart Library and Archives believes that knowledge is the key to dispelling homophobia and the marginalization of gender and sexual minorities. A lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ)* library, archives, and cultural center, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives is dedicated to meeting the information needs of its unique community in a safe atmosphere that promotes research, exploration, and discovery.

As a library, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives is committed to acquiring, preserving, and disseminating materials that embody the culture and history of LGBTQ people.

As an archives, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives is the repository for the records, papers, and other realia of LGBTQ life, focusing primarily in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Midwest.

As a cultural center, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives makes its collection active and accessible to the public through displays, talks and lectures, workshops and classes, as well as performance, video, and film.

Gerber/Hart Library and Archives’s collection and programming reflect the diversity and rich history of the LGBTQ community. A permanent institution, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives is committed to the sound management of its resources.

*Gerber/Hart Library and Archives is open, in view of space availability, to including non-LGBTQ materials that embody the culture and history of people and organizations marginalized by gender and sexuality for whom a library or archives collection has not been established in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Copies of our current bylaws are available upon request at info@gerberhart.org.

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Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60626

Wednesdays: 6 to 9 pm
Thursdays: 6 to 9 pm
Fridays: Noon to 4 pm
Saturdays: 10 am to 4 pm

P: 773.381.8030
F: 773.381.8033
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