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 974.45 WRI (PAMPHLET BOX | Prehistoric Andover. | Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick), | 1880 | 31330006402642 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 WRI (PAMPHLET BOX | Prehistoric Andover. | Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick), | 1880 | 31330007493285 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 054 POT SPR 1965 (BOX F) | Pot-pourri : Andover Junior High School | 1965 | 31330008969663 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R B LINCOLN, AB. | Portrait life of Lincoln : life of Abraham Lincoln, the greatest American / | Miller, Francis Trevelyan, | 1910 | 31330000700496 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 305.244 COR | Portfolio life : the new path to work, purpose, and passion after 50 / | Corbett, David D., | 2007 | 31330005806157 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 333.72 POM | Pomps Pond Park plan for development / | 1971 | 31330007752144 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 333.72 GOL | Pomp's Pond / | Goldsmith, Bessie P. | 1920 | 31330008945929 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R J FICTION BROWN | Polly's shop / | Brown, Edna Adelaide, | 1921 | 31330007402195 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R J FICTION BROWN | Polly's shop / | Brown, Edna Adelaide, | 1931 | 31330007402203 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 336.25 AND 1890-93,95 190 | Poll-tax list : Town of Andover, 1890- | Andover (Mass.) | 1890 | 31330009064613 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 336.25 AND 1891 (VF) | Poll-tax list : Town of Andover, 1890- | Andover (Mass.) | 1890 | 31330009064415 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 336.25 AND 1892 (VF) | Poll-tax list : Town of Andover, 1890- | Andover (Mass.) | 1890 | 31330009064605 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.445 POL 1944 | Polk's Lawrence (Essex County, Mass, ) city directory, 1944 : containing and alphabetica directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a complete... | 1969 | 31330001339005 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.445 POL 1997 | Polk cross-reference directory for Lawrence, Massachusetts. | 1969 | 31330003896564 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.01 AND | Policy book of the Andover School Committee / | Andover (Mass.). School Committee. | 1979 | 31330008756003 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 DOW | Poem: Historic Andover. | Downs, Annie Sawyer. | 1896 | 31330001334196 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 DOW | Poem: Historic Andover. | Downs, Annie Sawyer. | 1896 | 31330001341746 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 DOW | Poem: Historic Andover. | Downs, Annie Sawyer. | 1896 | 31330001341753 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 342.7445 PLU (VF) | Plumbing regulations of the town of Andover, Massachusetts [1952] / | 1952 | 31330009145446 |