The Andover Room Collection consists of print and electronic books on Andover history and genealogy. Scrapbooks, pamphlets and ephemera on subjects such as Andover organizations, local government, churches, schools, companies and people are also in the collection. In addition, the room houses town government documents, yearbooks, street lists and maps. The Andover Townsman newspaper is available on microfilm and online.
Access to the collection is limited. A patron may request up to 5 items at one time to use within the library. A library card or license is held at the Reference Desk until all material is returned and inspected. Photocopying and photographing materials is allowed with some exceptions.
Andover Room material can be found by searching the Library Catalog and by searching or browsing the following list.
Contact Stephanie Aude, Local History Reference Librarian, at saude@mhl.org or 978-623-8430 for assistance.
The Andover Center for History & Culture has extensive historical and genealogical document and image collections and is located half a mile from the library.
| Call Number | Title | Author | Year | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDOVER ROOM R 635.06 AND 1957-01 (GARDE | Andover Garden Club newsletter. | Andover Garden Club. | 1950 | 31330009073887 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 635.06 AND 1957-02 (GARDE | Andover Garden Club newsletter. | Andover Garden Club. | 1950 | 31330009073895 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 635.06 AND 1957-03 (GARDE | Andover Garden Club newsletter. | Andover Garden Club. | 1950 | 31330009073903 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 635.06 AND 1960 | Andover Garden Club annual meeting and luncheon | 1960 | 31330009139670 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 635.06 AND 1962 | Andover Garden Club annual meeting and luncheon | 1960 | 31330009139688 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 635.06 AND 1963 | Andover Garden Club annual meeting and luncheon | 1960 | 31330009139696 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 635.06 AND | Andover Garden Club : design of grounds and garden -- illustrated [and] conservation in action -- illustrated for junior high school pupils ; | 1956 | 31330009050372 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 370.1 WIL (BOX E) | Andover education guidelines for reform / | Wilbur, Ralph, | 1974 | 31330008969549 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 370.1 WIL (BOX E) | Andover education guidelines for reform / | Wilbur, Ralph, | 1974 | 31330008969556 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 792.23 AND (VF) | Andover Drama Festival : Memorial Auditorium, Punchard High School, Andover, Massachusetts, Monday evening, July thirteenth, nineteen hundred and forty-two / | 1942 | 31330009001714 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 336.014 POW 2014 | Andover Contributory Retirement System : audit of specific elements, accounts and items of financial statements / | Powers & Sullivan, Certified Public Accountants, | 2014 | 31330008856795 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 784.3 AND (VF) | Andover Community Orchestra spring concert : April 18, 1948 -- 3:30 p.m. -- George Washington Hall / | 1948 | 31330008984092 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.01 AND (BOX E) | Andover community conference on public education / | 1962 | 31330008946125 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.01 AND (BOX E) | Andover community conference on public education : Andover High School, Thursday Nov. 5, 1959, 7:30 p.m. | 1959 | 31330009061411 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 362.712 AND (BOX E) | Andover child care study : January 1987 / | Andover Child Care Study Committee | 1987 | 31330008972998 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 362.712 AND (BOX E) | Andover child care study : January 1987 / | Andover Child Care Study Committee | 1987 | 31330008973004 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 366.18 AND (VF) | Andover Chapter No. 187 Order of the Eastern Star, Andover, Massachusetts | 1942 | 31330009001763 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 307.33 AND | Andover Central Business District Plan / | 1972 | 31330007971850 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 307.33 AND | Andover Central Business District Parking Study / | 1973 | 31330007971868 |