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 369.12 MAY V. 1 | The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history. | 1899 | 31330001338015 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 369.12 MAY V. 2 | The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history. | 1899 | 31330001338023 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 373 PHI | The masque. | Phillips Academy. | 1893 | 31330005409895 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R FICTION PHELPS S | The man in the case / | Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, | 1906 | 31330009145388 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R FICTION PHELPS | The Madonna of the tubs / | Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, | 1886 | 31330001617244 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.4 MOL | The lower Merrimack River Valley : an inventory of historic engineering and industrial sites / | 1976 | 31330007164886 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.4 MOL | The lower Merrimack River Valley : an inventory of historic engineering and industrial sites / | 1976 | 31330007255577 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.44 LOW | The Lowell mill girls : life in the factory / | 1991 | 31330004245449 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 LOVEJOY | The Lovejoy genealogy with biographies and history, 1460-1930 / | Lovejoy, Clarence E. (Clarence Earle), | 1930 | 31330001098775 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R FICTION MORRIS | The lost mother / | Morris, Mary McGarry. | 2005 | 31330009288410 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 239 WRI | The logic of Christian evidences / | Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick), | 1880 | 31330003140609 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 330.974 ESS/ 1980 | The location of industry : a directory of Essex County. | Essex County (Mass.). Planning Department. | 1970 | 31330001332786 |
| ANDOVER ROOMVC | The life of the library. | 1996 | 31330001846611 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R B STEVENS, IS V. 1 | The life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens / | Stevens, Hazard, | 1900 | 31330001594781 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R B STEVENS, IS V. 2 | The life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens / | Stevens, Hazard, | 1900 | 31330001594799 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R B PARK, ED. | The life of Edwards Amasa Park (S. T. D., LL. D.). | Foster, Frank Hugh, | 1936 | 31330001466063 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 LIB | The Library opens its new wing / | 1961 | 31330008756102 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 027.4744 LIB (VF) | The library and the future : Memorial Hall Library, Andover, Massachusetts. | 1962 | 31330009139811 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 LAW | The Lawrence gazetteer, containing a record of the important events in Lawrence and vicinity from 1845 to 1894, also : a history of the corporations, industrial establishment, churches, societies, clubs, and other organizations; national, state and... | Merrill, Charles G., pub. | 1894 | 31330008720116 |