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 929 ESS V. 12 | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595472 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 ESS V. 13 | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595480 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 ESS V. 4 | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595399 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 ESS V. 6 | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595415 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 ESS V. 7 | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595423 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 ESS V. 8 | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595431 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 ESS V. 9 | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595449 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 ESS V. L0 | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595456 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 ESS V. LL | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595464 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 ESS V.2 | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595373 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 ESS V.3 | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595381 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 ESS V.5 | The Essex antiquarian. an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, | 1897 | 31330002595407 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 372.35 ROS (BOX D) | The energy challenge : West Elem. gr.-6 / | Rossini, Walter, | 1979 | 31330008969689 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 792.23 ENC (VF) | The enchanted April : April 23, 1937 / | 1937 | 31330009002126 | |
| ANDOVER ROOMFIC | The dream weaver / | Brooks, Martin, | 1978 | 31330000136949 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 133.43 TRA | The devil hath been raised : a documentary history of the Salem Village witchcraft outbreak of March 1692 : together with a collection of newly located and gathered witchcraft documents / | Trask, Richard B. | 1997 | 31330004672089 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 811.3 LIN | The deserted farm house, illustrated, and other poems / | Lincoln, Varnum, | 1899 | 31330006390177 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 ABB | The descendants of Nicholas Holt of Andover through six generations : including male and female lines of descent from generation one to generation six / | Abbott, Patricia A., | 2020 | 31330008997425 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 ABB | The descendants of George Abbott of Andover and Hannah Chandler : complete descendants following both male and female lines to the fifth generation / | Abbott, Patricia A., | 2018 | 31330008763488 |