Grants and Acquisitions

Abstract

Al Gerhardstein, noted Cincinnati civil rights attorney, has donated to the University of Cincinnati Libraries’ Archives and Rare Books Library papers documenting his nearly 50-year career in civil rights litigation and advocacy, with focuses in reproductive rights, prisoner’s rights, policing, employment discrimination, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. Material in the extensive collection includes briefs; pleadings; depositions; trial transcriptions; newspaper, magazine, and journal articles; as well as correspondence and speeches spanning Gerhardstein’s career and notable legal cases. There are 184 boxes available for research, with 45 more boxes sealed under court order. Gerhardstein is the founder of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center, a nonprofit agency that advocates and litigates for criminal justice reform. Gerhardstein is a partner at Friedman, Gilbert + Gerhardstein, an Ohio civil rights law firm. The Al (Alphonse A.) Gerhardstein Collection is available for research and study in the Archives and Rare Books Library.