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 929.2 ABB V. 13 | Abbott genealogies / | Abbott, Charlotte Helen, | 31330009014014 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 376.9 CAR | Abbot and Miss Bailey and Abbot in the early days. | Carpenter, Jane Brodie. | 1959 | 31330001333909 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 376.9 CAR | Abbot and Miss Bailey and Abbot in the early days. | Carpenter, Jane Brodie. | 1959 | 31330002458226 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 376.9 ABB (PAMPHLET BOX 4 | Abbot Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. | Abbot Academy. | 1929 | 31330001342546 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 376.974 ABB (PAMPHLET BOX | Abbot Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. | Abbot Academy. | 1910 | 31330002493900 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 376.9 KEL | Abbot academy sketches 1892-1912 / | Kelsey, Katharine Roxanna. | 1929 | 31330002263451 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 376.9 KEL | Abbot academy sketches 1892-1912 / | Kelsey, Katharine Roxanna. | 1929 | 31330002458218 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 376.9 ABB (PAMPHLET BOX 3 | Abbot Academy at Andover Massachusetts | Abbot Academy. | 1907 | 31330001333941 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 070.486 AEA (BOX B) | A.E.A. voice : a professional report. | 1972 | 31330008983938 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.78 GOR | A war diary of events in the war of the great rebellion. 1863-1865. | Gordon, George Henry, | 1882 | 31330006826576 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.9 STU | A study of Andover Public Schools' special education services : February 1, 1996 / | 1996 | 31330007608726 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 SPRAGUE | A Sprague family genealogy : the ancestors of Thomas Spencer Sprague, IV, and Franklin Wiatt Sprague in America / | Sprague, Thomas Spencer, | 1987 | 31330001351513 |
| ANDOVER ROOMFIC | A singular life / | Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, | 1897 | 31330004960773 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R B RAYMOND, WA. (PAMPHLET | A sermon on the death of Walter L. Raymond : a Union soldier, delivered on Sunday, April 3, 1865 / | Babbitt, Benjamin Bosworth, | 1865 | 31330002356115 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R B RAYMOND, WA. (PAMPHLET | A sermon on the death of Walter L. Raymond : a Union soldier, delivered on Sunday, April 3, 1865 / | Babbitt, Benjamin Bosworth, | 1865 | 31330002356206 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 285.8 CHU | A sermon delivered in the south parish in Andover April 5, 1810 : being the annual fast in Massachusetts / | Church, John Hubbard, | 1810 | 31330005664051 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.445 CEN | A report on population studies. | Central Merrimack Valley Regional Planning District Commission. | 1968 | 31330007725769 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 CAM | A red cloak for mother : the history of the Smith family in Andover / | Campbell, Eleanor. | 1992 | 31330003227885 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 333.72 REC | A Reconnaissance report on the feasibility of constructing a dam and channel in the vicinity of the Shawsheen River and Pomps Pond, Andover, Mass. for recreational improvement purposes / | 1967 | 31330001338098 |