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 MER 2012 | Merrimack Valley regional transportation plan / | 1993 | 31330008859898 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 MER V. 2 | Merrimack Valley memories / | 2011 | 31330007432143 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 MER V. 2 | Merrimack Valley memories / | 2011 | 31330007432135 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 MER V. 3 | Merrimack Valley memories / | 2011 | 31330007432242 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 MER V. 3 | Merrimack Valley memories / | 2011 | 31330007432259 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 598.2974 MER / V. 2 | Merrimack Valley Bird Club. | 1967 | 31330003292772 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 598.2974 MER / V.1 | Merrimack Valley Bird Club. | 1967 | 31330001333396 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 378.744 MER | Merrimack College : the first fifty years / | Merrimack College. | 1997 | 31330009051685 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 811.54 MER | Merrimack : a poetry anthology / | 1992 | 31330003168477 | |
| ANDOVER ROOMFIC S | Men, women, and ghosts / | Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, | 1899 | 31330001617251 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 920 PAR | Men of the old school : some Andover biographies. | Paradise, Scott Hurtt, | 1956 | 31330001119837 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 920 STO | Men of our times; or, Leading patriots of the day. : Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut,... | Stowe, Harriet Beecher, | 1868 | 31330001597651 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 942.2 EAR | Men of Andover / | Earney, Hubert Wyndham. | 1970 | 31330007493251 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 920 FUE | Men of Andover : biographical sketches in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Phillips academy / | Fuess, Claude Moore, | 1928 | 31330000706865 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 920 FUE | Men of Andover : biographical sketches in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Phillips academy / | Fuess, Claude Moore, | 1928 | 31330004768069 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R BIOGRAPHY BYERS, PE. (PAM | Memorial to Peter Smith Byers, A.M., : first principal of the Punchard Free School, at his funeral, in Christ Church, Andover, Good Friday, p.m., March 21, 1856 / | Fuller, Samuel, | 1856 | 31330002682981 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 MEM (PAMPHLET BOX) | Memorial Hall Library. | Memorial Hall Library (Andover, Mass.) | 1988 | 31330005707801 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 MEM (PAMPHLET BOX | Memorial Hall Library centennial : 1873-1973 / | Memorial Hall Library (Andover, Mass.) | 1973 | 31330005698810 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 027.4744 MEM | Memorial Hall Library account book 1904-1909 | 1904 | 31330008940037 |