development. He was manager and program director of the Liberty Theatre in 2002-2003. He bought, renovated, operated Carrier House Bed and Breakfast from 2002 to 2007. He served as coordinator of Community & Economic Development and founding member of Liberty Economic Action Project (LEAP) in 2004-05. With Maurice Gerry, he bought the Shelburne Playhouse/Theatre in Ferndale, New York, and between 2002 and 2007 he coordinated its restoration, won it listings on the New York State and National Historic Places registers, and had the facade restored by a team of Cornell University historic preservation volunteers. With his life partner John Nelson, operated Intelligent Design Antiques, which sold mid-century modern designs in Liberty. Bérubé was elected trustee of the Village of Liberty, New York, in 2003 and re-elected in 2005. He also played a major role in saving the historic Munson Diner, which was moved to Liberty from Manhattan in 2005. Bérubé died on December 11, 2007, from complications of stomach ulcers in Catskill Regional Medical Center after being hospitalized for a day. He was a member of the National Writers Union. Papers and archives Bérubé donated the research materials related to what he called the "World War II Project" to the GLBT Historical Society in 1995 and 2000. The executors of his estate donated his surviving papers to the same archive, which holds other collections that include correspondence from Bérubé and materials that document his work, as do the papers of Jonathan Ned Katz held by the New York Public Library. Selected works Books Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two. NY: Free Press, April 1990; paperback reprint: Plume/New American Library, April 1991. Essay collection My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History, Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2011. John D'Emilio and Estelle Freedman, editors. Published posthumously. Other essays "Don't Save Us From Our Sexuality". Coming Up!. April 1984. "The First Stonewall". San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Day Program, June 1983. Introduction to the German silent film, Anders als die Andern (1919), San Francisco premiere at the Seventh San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, June 20, 1983. "Medical Scapegoating: An Historical Perspective". Gay Community News, April 21, 1984. "Murder in the Women's Army Corps: An Interview with Actress Pat Bond". Out/Look (San Francisco), Issue 13, Summer 1991, p. 17-20. "The War Years Were Critical". Washington Blade Pride Guide,