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 917.445 CEN | Regional fiscal program for the Central Merrimack Valley : prepared for the Central Merrimack Valley Planning District and the Massachusetts Department of Commerce / | Planning Services Group. | 1964 | 31330007725827 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 050 REF 1978 (BOX F) | Reflections. | 1978 | 31330008948212 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 050 REF 1979 (BOX F) | Reflections. | 1978 | 31330008979878 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 050 REF 1979 (BOX F) | Reflections. | 1978 | 31330008979886 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 REF | Reflections : growing up in Andover / | 1996 | 31330004806869 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.3 SAF | Records of the revolutionary war / | Saffell, W. T. R. (William Thomas Roberts), | 1894 | 31330003112483 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.524 PEA | Records of the Massachusetts volunteer militia called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the war of 1812-14 / | Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office. | 1913 | 31330001337371 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 353.974 MAS V. 2 | Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England : printed by order of the legislature / | Massachusetts. | 1853 | 31330001337967 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 353.974 NEW V. 1-2 | Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England / | Massachusetts. | 1855 | 31330001337959 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 ROLLINS | Records of families of the name Rawlins or Rollins, in the United States. : In two parts / | Rollins, John Rodman, | 1874 | 31330001337041 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 G17 | Record of the service of the Forty-Fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia in North Carolina, August 1862 to May 1863. --. | United States. Army. | 1887 | 31330001733835 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 MAS / VOL. 1 | Record of the Massachusetts volunteers, 1861-1865. published by the Adjutant General, under a resolve of the General Court. | Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office. | 1868 | 31330001733934 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 MAS V. 2 | Record of the Massachusetts volunteers, 1861-1865. published by the Adjutant General, under a resolve of the General Court. | Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office. | 1868 | 31330001733942 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.76 UNI | Record of the Federal dead : buried from Libby, Belle Isle, Danville & Camp Lawton Prisons, and at City Point, and in the field before Petersburg and Richmond. Pub. / | United States Christian Commission | 1865 | 31330006826592 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 REC | Record of death and interment of Andover soldiers and sailors. | 1922 | 31330005767177 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 REC | Record of death and interment of Andover soldiers and sailors. | 1922 | 31330008897161 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 352.401 AND FY-1981 | Recommended annual budget for the Town of Andover. | Andover (Mass.) | 1981 | 31330009035175 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 352.401 AND FY-1982 | Recommended annual budget for the Town of Andover. | Andover (Mass.) | 1981 | 31330009035167 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 352.401 AND FY-1984 | Recommended annual budget for the Town of Andover. | Andover (Mass.) | 1981 | 31330009035159 |