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 940.53 SOM / POSTER | Somebody talked : v-homes are careful. | 1941 | POSTER04 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 582.13 PEA (PAMPHLET BOX | Some wild flowers of Andover : prepared by Arthur Stanley Pease. with their dates of flowering together with a list of the ferns of Andover / | Pease, Arthur Stanley, | 1901 | 31330002461873 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 582.13 PEA (PAMPHLET BOX | Some wild flowers of Andover : prepared by Arthur Stanley Pease. with their dates of flowering together with a list of the ferns of Andover / | Pease, Arthur Stanley, | 1901 | 31330003145087 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 WRI (PAMPHLET BOX | Some remarkable gravel ridges in the Merrimack Valley : (abstract). | Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick), | 1876 | 31330006402634 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 369.13 SON | Soldiers and sailors whose graves have been designated by the marker of the society. | Sons of the American Revolution. Massachusetts Society. | 1901 | 31330001338072 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 631.4 FUL | Soil survey of Essex County, Massachusetts, southern part / | Fuller, Donald C., | 1984 | 31330005750447 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 631.4 FUL | Soil survey of Essex County, Massachusetts, northern part / | Fuller, Donald C., | 1981 | 31330005750389 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 SOA / POSTER | Soaring into the twenty-first century : Memorial Hall Library Andover, Massachusetts : Dedication: October 30, 1988 / | Steele, Mark. | 1988 | POSTER21 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 677 SMI (PAMPHLET BOX 5) | Smith & Dove Manufacturing Co., Andover, Massachusetts. | 1926 | 31330001339229 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R J FICTION HOFFMANN | Slovenly Peter; or, Pleasant stories and funny pictures. : Translated from the German. : [Twelve lines of verse] | Hoffmann, Heinrich, | 1868 | 31330006449643 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 780.89 ALL | Slave songs / | 1993 | 31330001295504 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R J 741.2 SLA | Slate pictures for the useful selfemployment of young children. | 1800 | 31330006449619 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.404924 GOO | Sketches of the Lawrence Jewish community. | Goodwin, George M. | 1990 | 31330002727125 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.6 DOW | Short term growth in the Andover Public School System / | Dowrick, John | 1971 | 31330008756045 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 387.109 SHI | Ship registers of the District of Salem and Beverly, 1789-1900 / | 1906 | 31330001342058 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 940.53 SHE / POSTER | She won't talk! Will you? : the enemy has ears. | 1941 | POSTER03 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 333.91 SHA | Shawsheen water supply : hearing before committee on water supply and drainage, Massachusetts Legislature, 1883. | 1883 | 31330002115206 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.445 SHA | Shawsheen Village Historic District Study Committee : preliminary report. | 1998 | 31330008255865 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 333.91 MER | Shawsheen River Watershed : 1997 Volunteer Monitoring Network Report / | Merrimack River Watershed Council. | 1997 | 31330004238550 |