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 929.2 STEVENS | Stevens genealogy. : Some descendants of the Fitz Stephen family in England and New England. | Stevens, C. Ellis (Charles Ellis), | 1904 | 31330001337066 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 WHE | Standard history of Essex county, Massachusetts : embracing a history of the county from its first settlement to the present time, with a history and description of its towns and cities. The Most historic county of America. | 1878 | 31330004735613 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 WHE | Standard history of Essex county, Massachusetts : embracing a history of the county from its first settlement to the present time, with a history and description of its towns and cities. The Most historic county of America. | 1878 | 31330004768077 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 792.27 ST (VF) | St. Matthews Lodge A.F. and A.M. service committee presents the Gazebo by the Quannapowitt Players, Inc. : Memorial Auditorium, Friday and Saturday evenings March 3, and March 4, 1961. | 1961 | 31330009002043 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 230.07 PUL | St. Francis Seraphic Seminary 459 River Road, Andover, Mass. (1930-2016) : a minor seminary for Catholic high school boys interested in the monastic life and the priesthood. | Pulte Homes of New England, LLC | 2020 | 31330009051693 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 282.74 ST (VF) | St. Augustine's Parish opens observance of its 100th anniversary. | 1952 | 31330009145321 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 282.74 SAI (PAMPHLET BOX | St. Augustine's Parish 100th Anniversary, 1852-1952. | Saint Augustine's Parish, Andover, Mass. | 1952 | 31330001333800 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 282.74 ST (VF) | St. Augustine's Andover Parish will mark 100th anniversary. | 1952 | 31330009145339 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 793.8 SPR (VF) | Spring magicale... magic with mystery... : Memorial Auditorium, Andover, Mass. May 12, 1950, curtain 8:25 p.m. / | 1950 | 31330009002076 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 SPR (PAMPHLET BOX 5 | Spring Grove Cemetery : information and rules and regulations approved and adopted June 30, 1941. | 1941 | 31330006244176 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 782.2 SPR (VF) | Spring concert by the Andover Male Choir and Andover Choral society : Andover High School Auditorium, Wednesday, the seventeenth of May nineteen hundred and sixty-one eight fifteen P.M. / | 1961 | 31330009001987 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R J 808.81 SPR | Spring blossoms : with eight coloured plates. | 1835 | 31330006441921 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 050 SPI 1968, SPR (BOX A) | Spindrift : the creative magazine | 1968 | 31330008946257 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 050 SPI 1969, SPR (BOX A) | Spindrift : the creative magazine | 1968 | 31330008946273 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 050 SPI 1969, SPR (BOX A) | Spindrift : the creative magazine | 1968 | 31330008946281 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 050 SPI 1969, SPR (BOX A) | Spindrift : the creative magazine | 1968 | 31330009010285 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 050 SPI 1970, WIN (BOX A) | Spindrift : the creative magazine | 1968 | 31330008946299 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 050 SPI 1970, WIN (BOX A) | Spindrift : the creative magazine | 1968 | 31330008946307 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 614.549 SPE (VF) | Special announcement : Sabin oral polio vaccine. | 1962 | 31330009001953 |