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 016.32 LAN | A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825 : being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America. --. | Lancour, Harold, | 1963 | 31330001342033 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 373 NIN | 90th anniversary of Punchard School : Punchard Free School, Punchard High School. | 1946 | 31330008353207 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.445 FIV (VF) | 500 square miles of fun : things to do and see in Essex County, Massachusetts / | 1980 | 31330009001938 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.6 AND (BOX G) | 1994 school building program / | Andover Public Schools. | 1994 | 31330008983128 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 352.7445 AND 1969 | 1969 annual budget message. | 1969 | 31330008357307 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 352.7445 AND 1969 | 1969 annual budget message. | 1969 | 31330008357315 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 782.2 ONE (VF) | 156th Burns anniversary, auspices of Clan Johnston, No. 185, O.S.C : Town Hall, Andover, Friday evening, January 15, 1915 / | 1915 | 31330009061536 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.01 GAI (BOX E) | [Recorder's reports from the Andover community conference on public education] / | Gainey, John P. | 1959 | 31330008969507 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 587 ZIN (PAMPHLET BOX 2) | [List of the pteridophytes and flowering plants of the Brooks School region]. | Zink, George E. | 1946 | 31330002461857 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 635.06 LET (GARDEN BOX) | [Letters from Memorial Hall Library's assistant librarian to members of the Andover Garden Club] : May 10, 1957. | 1957 | 31330009064431 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 369.135 O'CO (VF) | [Letter from Mrs. Leo V. O'Connor, Mrs. Edwin Otto, and Mrs. Ernest Edmands to Miss Putnam, Andover, Mass., Feb. 15, 1960] | O'Connor, Bessie. | 1960 | 31330008996641 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 027.4744 PER (VF) | [Letter from Bill Perry to Miriam [Putnam], Andover, Mass. Sept 25, 1962] | Perry, William. | 1962 | 31330009061403 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 369.135 SME (VF) | [Letter from Annie H. Smethurst to Miss Putnam, March 18, 1963] | Smethurst, Annie H. | 1963 | 31330008996658 |
| ANODVER ROOM R 700.6 FIN | [Fine Arts Society program announcement postcards, 1956-1958] | 1956 | 31330009064423 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 792.16 GLO (VF) | "The glow unseen" in four acts : Free Christian Church, Andover, Massachusetts, Wednesday evening, November 21, 1928 / | 1928 | 31330009002100 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 940.53 STA / POSTER | '--The state of this nation is good, the heart of this nation is sound, the spirit of this nation is strong, the faith of this nation is eternal / | United States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt) | 1943 | POSTER14 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 940.53 BEC / POSTER | ... Because somebody talked! / | Heyman, Wesley. | 1944 | POSTER05 |
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