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 ROB | Old Andover days : memories of a Puritan childhood. | Robbins, Sarah (Stuart), | 1908 | 31330001339351 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.445 ROB | Old Andover days : memories of a Puritan childhood. | Robbins, Sarah (Stuart), | 1908 | 31330001339450 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.445 ROB | Old Andover days : memories of a Puritan childhood. | Robbins, Sarah (Stuart), | 1908 | 31330001339468 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 OFF | Official army register of the volunteer force of the United States army for the year 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65 ... | United States. Adjutant-General's Office | 1865 | 31330002115768 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 CHADWICK | Notes on the descendants of John and Joan Chadwick and related families / | Kilham, Austin D. | 1966 | 31330001336696 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 027.4744 BRO (PAMPHLET BO | Notes for Miss Putnam. | Brown, Edna A. | 1939 | 31330001337702 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 NOR | North Parish Burying Ground : North Andover, Massachusetts. | 31330008372439 | ||
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371 NO 2003 | No child left behind annual report card : Andover | 2003 | 31330007725561 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371 NO 2004 | No child left behind annual report card : Andover | 2003 | 31330007725579 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.374 TOR | New England marriages prior to 1700 / | Torrey, Clarence Almon, | 1985 | 31330002311292 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 920.073 SHI | New England Life in the 18th century : representative biographies from Sibley's Harvard Graduates / | Shipton, Clifford Kenyon, | 1963 | 31330000462329 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 799.2 FOS | New England grouse shooting / | Foster, William Harnden, | 1983 | 31330002715930 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 MER (PAMPHLET BOX | New city on the Merrimack : prints of Lawrence, 1845-1876. | Merrimack Valley Textile Museum. | 1974 | 31330001337496 |
| ANDOVER ROOMFIC | Nelly's silver mine : a story of Colorado life / | Jackson, Helen Hunt, | 1909 | 31330003114943 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 230.07 AND | Necrology, 1890-1900 / | Andover Theological Seminary. | 31330001337769 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 811.54 APO | Near the river's edge : poems / | Aponick, Kathleen, | 1995 | 31330003881772 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 NAT | Natural resources study of the Town of Andover, Massachusetts / | 1968 | 31330007287240 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 373 STR | My three years at Andover / | Struly, Ewer, | 1908 | 31330002735391 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R B SARRIS, CH. | My ninety-five-year journey / | Sarris, Charles N. | 1987 | 31330002582686 |