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 942.2 DAR | The Corporation of Andover, 1599-1835 / | Darrah, Mary Josephine. | 1970 | 31330007493202 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.6 COR (BOX A) | The cornerstone laying of the new Andover High School. | 1966 | 31330008946224 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.6 COR (BOX A) | The cornerstone laying of the new Andover High School. | 1966 | 31330008946232 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.44 CON | The continuing revolution : a history of Lowell, Massachusetts / | 1991 | 31330005592716 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 370.1 CON (BOX E) | The Conservative Education Council of Andover. | 1970 | 31330008973335 | |
| STORAGE ANDOVERROOM R 917.44 COM | The commemorative guide to the Massachusetts bicentennial. | 1975 | 31330000499040 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 818.54 BAR | The collected stories of John Baron / | Baron, John | 2003 | 31330005249572 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R J FICTION BROWN | The Chinese kitten / | Brown, Edna Adelaide, | 1922 | 31330007402138 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 914.2 CEN (VF) | The Central Hotel, Andover : souvenir and tariff. | 1969 | 31330009064480 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 CAPEN | The Capen family. | Hayden, Charles Albert, | 1929 | 31330001336670 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 LUE | The camp at the bend in the river : prehistory at the Shattuck Farm site / | Luedtke, Barbara E. | 1985 | 31330002109027 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 BOYNTON | The Boynton family: a genealogy of the descendants of William and John Boynton, who emigrated from Yorkshire, England, in 1638, and setted at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts/ | Boynton, John Farnham, | 1897 | 31330001336662 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 BLUNT | The Blunts, a history / | Blunt, Roscoe C. (Roscoe Crosby), | 1981 | 31330001336647 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 EAS (PAMPHLET BOX | The birth of Lawrence / | Easley, Peter | 1972 | 31330001336225 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 EAS (PAMPHLET BOX | The birth of Lawrence / | Easley, Peter | 1972 | 31330001336233 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 598.2 ROO | The birds of the Andover region. | Root, O. M. | 1958 | 31330001339179 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 598.2 ROO (PAMPHLET BOX 2 | The birds of the Andover region. | Root, O. M. | 1958 | 31330002736977 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 598.2974 HEG | The birds of Den Rock Park : Lawrence and Andover, Massachusetts : a guide to the history and natural history of Den Rock Park and its birds / | Hegarty, Susan. | 2013 | 31330007439551 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.4 MOR | The belles of New England : the women of the textile mills and the families whose wealth they wove / | Moran, William, | 2002 | 31330004990556 |