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.Photo: Skvader, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: library
- Also known as: “Gerber/Hart Library”
- Address: 6500 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60626
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leather Archives & Museum and St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church.
Leather Archives & Museum
Museum
Photo: Skvader, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Leather Archives & Museum is a community archives, library, and museum located in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Founded by Chuck Renslow and Tony DeBlase in 1991, its mission is making “leather, kink, BDSM, and fetish accessible… Leather Archives & Museum is situated 990 feet southeast of Gerber/Hart Library and Archives.
St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church
Church
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St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church is situated 1,100 feet south of Gerber/Hart Library and Archives.
Sullivan High School
School
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Sullivan High School is a public four-year high school located in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Sullivan is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. Sullivan High School is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Gerber/Hart Library and Archives.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rogers Park and Edgewater.
Rogers Park
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Rogers Park is the northern border of Chicago — the wild-eyed inheritor of uninhibited lakefront, swamps become beaches, and the beauty of Chicago bricks.
Edgewater
Suburb
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Edgewater is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the North Side of Chicago. It is 6 miles north of the Loop.
West Ridge
Suburb
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West Ridge is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is historically a middle-class neighborhood located on the far North Side of the City of Chicago.
Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
- Categories: LGBT archive and education
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.00004° or 42° 0′ 0″ northLongitude
-87.67148° or 87° 40′ 17″ westOpen location code
86JJ282H+2COpenStreetMap ID
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Q5550372
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Spanish—“Gerber/Hart Library and Archives” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “গারবার/হার্ট লাইব্রেরি ও আর্কাইভ”
- Dutch: “Gerber/Hart Library”
- French: “Gerber/Hart Library”
- German: “Gerber/Hart Library”
- Italian: “Gerber/Hart Library”
- Portuguese: “Gerber/Hart Library and Archives”
- Portuguese: “Gerber/Hart Library”
- Spanish: “Gerber/Hart Library”
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