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 027.4744 SMI (PAMPHLET BO | The founding of the Memorial Hall Library, Andover, Mass. / | Smith, Mary Byers | 1943 | 31330001337710 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 285.7445 SMI | The founding of the Free Christian Church of Andover : read at the 100th anniversary of its founding by Mary Byers Smith. | Smith, Mary Byers | 1946 | 31330001342520 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 333.91 FIS | The Fish Brook/Haggetts Pond watershed : water supply in Andover / | 1986 | 31330006460004 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 HOLT | The first three generations of Holts in America. | Holt Association of America | 1930 | 31330001336837 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.89 FRY | The First regiment Massachusetts heavy artillery : United States volunteers, in the Spanish-American war of 1898 / | Frye, James Albert, | 1899 | 31330002462061 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 368 LEA | The first one hundred and fifty years : a history of the Andover Companies / | Leavitt, Thomas W., | 1978 | 31330001338148 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 792.23 FIR (VF) | The first Mrs. Fraser : Andover School Auditorium, Friday, November 13, 1936 / | 1936 | 31330009002118 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 787.2 FIN (VF) | The Fine Arts Society presents George Szpinalski, violinist, Marion Van Slyke, accompanist : Central School Auditorium, Andover, Saturday, November 10, 1956, 8 p.m. | 1956 | 31330009002019 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 A547 | The Fifty-seventh regiment of Massachusetts volunteers in the war of the rebellion. : Army of the Potomac / | Anderson, John, | 1896 | 31330001733694 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 ROE | The Fifth regiment Massachusetts volunteer infantry in its three tours of duty 1861, 1862-'63, 1864 / | Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye), | 1911 | 31330001334055 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 CHA 1988 | The family tree : seven hundred years of Moody ancestors / | Chapin, Alice Moody. | 1988 | 31330002743619 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 WILKINS | The family of Bray Wilkins : patriarch of Will's Hill, of Salem (Middleton), Mass. / | Hill, William Carroll, | 1943 | 31330001337116 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 SHU | The families : a genealogical study of the families Abbott, Jenks, Estes, Klock, Wilcox, Weber, Schuman, Dale, Brown, White / | Schuman, Bernard K. | 1986 | 31330002412264 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 TEW (PAMPHLET BOX | The fall of Pemberton Mill on the tenth of January, 1860, at Lawrence, Massachusetts : historical sketch / | Tewksbury, Robert H. | 1900 | 31330002421323 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 ESS | The Essex Institute Historical collections: name, place and subject index of volumes XLIV to LXVII, 1908-1931. | Essex Institute. | 1966 | 31330002087033 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 ESS | The Essex Institute Historical collections: name, place and subject index of volumes LXVIII to LXXXV, 1931-1949. | Essex Institute. | 1951 | 31330002087041 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 ESS | The Essex Institute Historical Collections : name, place and subject index of volumes XXIII to XLIII, 1886-1907. | Essex Institute. | 1958 | 31330002087025 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 ESS | The Essex Institute Historical Collections : name, place and subject index of volumes I to XXII, 1859-1885. | Essex Institute. | 1954 | 31330001337421 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 677 DEP | The Essex Company and the founding of Lawrence, Massachusetts. | DePippo, Theresa. | 1990 | 31330008357174 |