Memorial Hall Library has digitized past issues of select local papers from 1853 through 2021. Digital access is available for the following titles and date ranges:  

• Andover Advertiser 2/1853 - 2/1866
• Andover Townsman  10/1887 - 12/2021
• Lawrence American and Andover Advertiser 2/1866 - 12/1907

Enter keywords above and click Search to see results. Use quotes to search for an exact phrase (example: "memorial hall library").

Newspaper issues are available in PDF format and are grouped either by month (all newspapers 1925 and earlier) or by issue (Andover Townsman, 1926-).

When viewing a newspaper issue PDF, use your PDF viewer's built-in find function to locate keywords or phrases (use keyboard shortcut CTRL+F).

Higher-resolution color PDFs starting with the May 17, 2007 issue are available courtesy of Andover Townsman.