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 973.74 R62TH | The Thirty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862-1865 / | Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye), | 1914 | 31330001733983 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 G15 | The Third Massachusetts Regiment Volunteer Militia in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1863 / | Gammons, John Gray, | 1906 | 31330001733827 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 E94 | The Third Massachusetts Cavalry in the War of the Union [microform] / | Ewer, James K. (James Kendall), | 1903 | 31330001733793 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 H62T | The Tenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry, 1861-1864 : a western Massachusetts regiment / | Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye), | 1909 | 31330001733975 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R FICTION PHELPS | The supply at Saint Agatha's / | Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, | 1896 | 31330009145396 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R FICTION PHELPS | The successors of Mary the first / | Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, | 1901 | 31330009145404 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 F75 | The story of the fifteenth regiment Massachusetts volunteer infantry in the civil war, 1861-1864 / | Ford, Andrew Elmer. | 1898 | 31330001733819 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 ABBOTT | The story of the Abbotts and the Sperrys : a genealogical sketch of the ancestors of Asa McFarland Abbott, 1820-1889, and his wife, Sarah Sperry Abbott, 1822-1900. | Abbott, Arthur William. | 1963 | 31330001336571 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R B ADAMS, JO. | The story of John Adams : a New England schoolmaster / | Brown, Mary Elizabeth (Adams), | 1900 | 31330001338114 |
| ANDOVER ROOMJE | The story of Ferdinand / | Leaf, Munro, | 1981 | 31330002679482 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 FUE V. 1 | The story of Essex county. | Fuess, Claude Moore, | 1935 | 31330001332604 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 FUE V. 2 | The story of Essex county. | Fuess, Claude Moore, | 1935 | 31330001332612 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 FUE V. 3 | The story of Essex county. | Fuess, Claude Moore, | 1935 | 31330001332620 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 FUE V. 4 | The story of Essex county. | Fuess, Claude Moore, | 1935 | 31330001332638 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.44 SWA | The story of Concord told by Concord writers / | 1906 | 31330003672007 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R FICTION PHELPS | The story of Avis / | Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, | 1900 | 31330004960765 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 SPRAGUE | The Spragues of Malden, Massachusetts / | Chamberlain, George Walter, | 1923 | 31330001337058 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R J FICTION BROWN | The Spanish chest / | Brown, Edna A. (Edna Adelaide), | 1917 | 31330007402161 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 635.06 SPA | The Spade and Trowel Garden Club of Andover, Massachusetts : 1955-1956, organized June, 1954. | 1955 | 31330009044045 |