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 929.374 SAN | Third supplement to Torrey's New England marriages prior to 1700 / | Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. | 2003 | 31330005249689 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 942.2 BEN | Things passed away : being a series of miscellaneous articles relating to bygone Andover and its inhabitants / | Bennett, Arthur C. | 1918 | 31330007495850 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 940.53 THE / POSTER | They're working for you : volunteer to take care of their children : ask your local defense council how you can help. | 1941 | POSTER19 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 JOHNSON | There will be dancing : the history of a Johnson family / | Keats, Susan E. | 2000 | 31330004785154 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 THE | Then & now : making a difference in Andover. | 1996 | 31330003778580 | |
| ANDOVER ROOMJ | The youth's primer : containing a series of short verses in alphabetical order, each followed by religious, moral, or historical observations : the Westminster Assembly's Shorter catechism, with brief Scripture proofs : a short sketch of Scripture... | Fisher, Jonathan, | 1817 | 31330006441913 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 YEL (BOX D) | The yellow pages of Doherty School. | 1975 | 31330008766614 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 YEL (BOX D) | The yellow pages of Doherty School. | 1975 | 31330008946356 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 388.4 WOR | The Worthen property draft environmental impact report, EOEA No. 6011 | 1986 | 31330008372546 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 811.1 BRA | The works of Anne Bradstreet in prose and verse / | Bradstreet, Anne Dudley, | 1867 | 31330001225428 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 811.1 BRA | The works of Anne Bradstreet in prose and verse / | Bradstreet, Anne, | 1962 | 31330002478547 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R BIOGRAPHY COLLINS, DI. | The word quit does not exist : memories of a teacher-coach / | Collins, Dick, | 1999 | 31330004254193 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.78 AND | The women of the South in war times / | Andrews, Matthew Page, | 1924 | 31330006826568 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 133.4 BON | The witchcraft hysteria of 1692. | Bonfanti, Leo. | 1971 | 31330002099046 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 WARD | The William Ward genealogy; the history of the descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1638-1925. | Martyn, Charles, | 1925 | 31330001337074 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 285.7445 WIL (VF) | The wild wacky happy Roaring 20's / | 1963 | 31330009145503 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 FOWLER | The westward migration of the Fowler family : a history : from John Fowler of Marlborough, England to Clarence Fowler of Elk Point, South Dakota, 1570-1979 / | Fowler, Donald D. (Donald Darwin), | 1987 | 31330002344319 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 367 WEL 1959-1960 (VF) | The Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club of Andover, Mass. | 1955 | 31330009002142 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 367 WEL 1967-1968 (VF) | The Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club of Andover, Mass. | 1955 | 31330009002159 |