Private research library in Chicago, IL, US
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]
Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame
1990–1999
1991 1992 1993 1994
Robert J. Adams
Tracy Baim
George S. Buse
James A. Bussen
Lori Cannon
John Chester
Chicago House and Social Service Agency
Samuel F. Davis Jr.
Adrienne J. Goodman
Earnest E. Hite Jr.
Bruce Koff
Ellis B. Levin
Lionheart Gay Theatre Company
Open Hand Chicago
Gregory A. Sprague
Elizabeth E. Tocci
Steven F. Wakefield
1995 1996 1997
Toni Armstrong Jr.
Miguel Ayala
Roger Chaffin
James C. Darby
Dignity Chicago
Ida Greathouse
John Hammell
Rick Karlin
Corinne J. Kawecki
Larry McKeon
David G. Ostrow
Mary Ann Smith
1998 1999
2000–2009
2000 2001 2002
Affinity Community Services
Evette Cardona
C. C. Carter
Jim Gates (Chicago businessman)
Louis I. Lang
Mattachine Midwest
NAMES Project Chicago Chapter
Charles Edward Nelson II
Mona Noriega
Christina Smith
Lauren Sugerman
2003
Angel Abcede
About Face Theatre
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
Buddies' Restaurant and Bar
Tania Callaway
Armand R. Cerbone
Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays
R. Sue Connolly
Bon Foster
The Graham Family
Tonda L. Hughes
Patricia M. Logue
John Pennycuff
Laurence E. Spang
Sheron Denise Webb
Albert N. Williams
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010–2019
2010 2011 2012
Lois L. Bates
Chi-Town Squares
Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus
St. Sukie de la Croix
Sanford E. Gaylord
William W. Greaves
Keith R. Green
Mark Ishaug
David Orr
Proud to Run, Chicago
Bill Pry
Chuck Rodocker
Heather C. Sawyer
Laura S. Washington
Honey West
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017