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 942.2 AND (PAMPHLET BOX 6 | Andover : seen and remembered / | 1980 | 31330002097701 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 942.27 TEM | Andover : a pictorial history / | Tempero, Derek J. | 1991 | 31330003225053 |
| ANDOVER ROOMVC | Andover : a classic New England town. | 1995 | 31330003731399 | |
| ANDOVER ROOMVC | Andover : a classic New England town. | 1995 | 31330006220002 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 RIC | Andover : a century of change, 1896-1996 / | Richardson, Eleanor Motley. | 1995 | 31330003619826 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 RIC | Andover : a century of change, 1896-1996 / | Richardson, Eleanor Motley. | 1995 | 31330003623455 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 RIC | Andover : a century of change, 1896-1996 / | Richardson, Eleanor Motley. | 1995 | 31330006577054 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.445 AND | Andover : "the town book" telephone directory, business directory, general guides. | 1971 | 31330009051826 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 373 FUE | An old New England school : a history of Phillips academy Andover / | Fuess, Claude Moore, | 1917 | 31330001333875 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.6 INV (BOX A) | An investment in Andover's future : ...the facts ...the plans ...a new three-year high school / | School Building Committee | 1954 | 31330008948568 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.6 INV (BOX A) | An investment in Andover's future : ...the facts ...the plans ...a new three-year high school / | School Building Committee | 1954 | 31330008948576 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 WEBSTER | An historical sketch of the ancestry and descendants of Henry Kingman Webster, founder of H.K. Webster Co. Inc., Lawrence, Mass. / | Webster, Walter N. | 1985 | 31330008940052 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 AND | An historical pageant, commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of the town of Andover, 1646 -1946. | Andover, Mass. Department of Public Schools. | 1946 | 31330002323719 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 AND | An historical pageant, commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of the town of Andover, 1646 -1946. | Andover, Mass. Department of Public Schools. | 1946 | 31330002323727 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 792.23 EVE (VF) | An evening with Lady Gregory : Town Hall, Andover, Massachusetts, Tuesday, January 19th, 1915, at 8 / | 1915 | 31330009002084 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 792 EVE (VF) | An evening of one act plays : Punchard Hall, March 7, 1930 / | 1930 | 31330009002092 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 333.338 EVA | An evaluation of the fiscal impact of residential development in the Town of Andover / | 1998 | 31330007752243 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 333.338 EVA | An evaluation of the fiscal impact of residential development in the Town of Andover / | 1998 | 31330007752250 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 635.7 WIL | An eighteenth century New England herbal sampler / | Williams, Betsy. | 1977 | 31330002470593 |