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 ROOMFIC | The silent partner / | Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, | 1871 | 31330001617285 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 367 SHA 1949-1950 (VF) | The Shawsheen Village woman's club. | 1949 | 31330009061544 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 367 SHA 1950-1951 (VF) | The Shawsheen Village woman's club. | 1949 | 31330009061551 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 367 SHA 1951-1952 (VF) | The Shawsheen Village woman's club. | 1949 | 31330009064266 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 367 SHA 1953-1954 (VF) | The Shawsheen Village woman's club. | 1949 | 31330009064274 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 367 SHA 1974-1975 (VF) | The Shawsheen Village woman's club. | 1949 | 31330009064282 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 373 PHI | The sesquicentennial record : in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., May 18, 19, 1928. | Phillips Academy. | 1928 | 31330002102766 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 373 PHI | The sesquicentennial record : in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., May 18, 19, 1928. | Phillips Academy. | 1928 | 31330007477031 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 SEARLES | The Searles saga / | Flinton, Martina | 1976 | 31330004149914 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974 KAY | The scalp hunters : Abenaki ambush at Lovewell Pond, 1725 / | Kayworth, Alfred E., | 2002 | 31330005021633 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 677 DUN | The run of the mill : a pictorial narrative of the expansion, dominion, decline, and enduring impact of the New England textile industry / | Dunwell, Steve. | 1978 | 31330002454332 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.11 GOO | The ruins of Great Ireland in New England : ... by william B. Goodwin / | Goodwin, William Brownell, | 1946 | 31330001337363 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.897 ROC (BOX A) | The rock/ | 1983 | 31330008969515 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 RICHARDSON | The Richardson memorial : comprising a full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson, who came from England, and united with others in the foundation of Woburn, Massachusetts, in the year... | Vinton, John Adams, | 1876 | 31330001337033 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 REP | The Report of the Lawrence survey : studies in relation to Lawrence, Massachusetts, made in 1911 / | 1912 | 31330001336290 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 QUI | The record of the Second Massachusetts infantry, 1861-65 / | Quint, Alonzo H. (Alonzo Hall), | 1867 | 31330001733959 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 RAY | The record of Andover during the rebellion / | Raymond, Samuel, | 1875 | 31330001336266 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 RAY | The record of Andover during the rebellion / | Raymond, Samuel, | 1875 | 31330002412231 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 RAY | The record of Andover during the rebellion / | Raymond, Samuel, | 1875 | 31330001336274 |