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 285.8 ONE (PAMPHLET BOX 3 | The One hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Andover Ministerial Association, 1763-1913 : held at First Congregational Church, Lowell, Tuesday, October 7, 1913. | 1913 | 31330001339260 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 942.2 BRI | The north-west Hampshire agricultural labourer, 1867-1875 / | Brickell, George E. | 1970 | 31330007493194 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 942.2 GRE | The new poor law, 1846 / | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee to Inquire into the Administration of the Poor Laws in the Andover Union. | 1970 | 31330007493186 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 372.4 CAM | The new Franklin advanced second reader / | Campbell, Loomis J. (Loomis Joseph), | 1888 | 31330006921013 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 FARNHAM V. 1 | The New England descendants of immigrant Ralph Farnum of Rochester, Kent County, England and Ipswich, Massachusetts : with many Andover, Massachusetts and New York and Pennsylvania descendants ; 13 generations / | Farnham, Russell Clare. | 1999 | 31330004544064 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 FARNHAM V. 2 | The New England descendants of immigrant Ralph Farnum of Rochester, Kent County, England and Ipswich, Massachusetts : with many Andover, Massachusetts and New York and Pennsylvania descendants ; 13 generations / | Farnham, Russell Clare. | 1999 | 31330004544072 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 FARNUM V. 3 | The New England descendants of immigrant Ralph Farnum of Rochester, Kent County, England and Ipswich, Massachusetts : with many Andover, Massachusetts and New York and Pennsylvania descendants ; 13 generations / | Farnham, Russell Clare. | 1999 | 31330005592807 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 362.6 NEW | The new Andover Senior Center : report of activities, findings and recommendations / | Andover (Mass.) | 1998 | 31330008720157 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R J 372.4 PAR | The national first reader; or, Word-builder / | Parker, Richard Green, | 1872 | 31330006459626 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 595.78 ROO (PAMPHLET BOX | The moths of the Andover, Mass. region ; butterflies of the Andover, Mass. region ; the butterflies of New England / | Root, O. M. | 1948 | 31330002461865 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.1 COU | The Minute men, 1775-1975 / | 1977 | 31330001336076 | |
| ANDOVER ROOMFIC | The minister's wooing. | Stowe, Harriet Beecher, | 1850 | 31330003114067 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.461 CHI | The metropolis of New England, colonial Boston, 1630-1776 : being selections from an exhibition / | Childs, Charles D. | 1976 | 31330003991787 |
| ANDOVER ROOMFIC | The merry miracle / | Mian, Mary | 1949 | 31330001775158 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 784.2 MER (VF) | The Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Society presents the Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Orchestra : second season 1962-1963, Wednesday evening, June 12, 1963 at 8:15 o'clock, Andover High School auditorium. | 1963 | 31330009001961 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.42 MEA | The Merrimack River : its source and its tributaries. Embracing a history of manufactures, and of the towns along its course, their geography, topography, and products, with a description of the magnificent natural scenery about its upper waters / | Meader, J. W. | 1989 | 31330003311176 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 818 MER | The Merrimack literary review / | 2004 | 31330005414614 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 913.744 MOO (PAMPHLET BOX | The Merrimack archaeological survey : a preliminary paper. | Moorehead, Warren K. (Warren King), | 1931 | 31330001342199 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.4 HOL | The Merrimack / | Holden, Raymond P. (Raymond Peckham), | 1958 | 31330001337538 |