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 305.43 WOM | Women at work. | 1983 | 31330003991795 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.77 B78 | Woman's work in the civil war : a record of heroism, patiotism and patience. | Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), | 1867 | 31330001604986 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 285.7445 WOM (VF) | Woman's Union 1959-1960: Free Christian Church, Andover, Mass. | 1959 | 31330009145461 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 016.301 AND | Woman seen : 300 years of Andover women authors, 1646-1976 / | Memorial Hall Library (Andover, Mass.) | 1976 | 31330001305527 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 MON | Wisteria House : life in a New England home, 1839-2000 / | Montgomery, Susan J., | 2022 | 31330009288477 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 WILLIS | Willis records; or, Records of the Willis family of Haverhill, Portland, and Boston / | Willis, Pauline, | 1906 | 31330001337108 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 MOORE | William Henry Moore and his ancestry : with accounts of the Moore families in the American colonies, 1620-1730. | De Forest, Louis Effingham, | 1934 | 31330001336951 |
| ANDOVER ROOMFIC | Widow's walk / | Coburn, Andrew. | 2001 | 31330004808071 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.6 WHY (BOX A) | Why the need for secondary school expansion in Andover | 1964 | 31330008972972 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.6 WHY (BOX A) | Why : a new high school vs. addition and new junior high school | 1964 | 31330008972949 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.6 WHY (BOX A) | Why : a new high school vs. addition and new junior high school | 1964 | 31330008972956 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R WHY 371.6 (BOX A) | Why : a 1200 pupil high school, with core facilities for 1800 pupils and an addition in six years. | 1964 | 31330008972964 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R BIOGRAPHY BLANCHARD, AM. | Who was Amos Blanchard?. | Paradise, Scott Hurtt, | 1930 | 31330001338213 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R J FICTION BROWN | Whistling rock / | Brown, Edna A. | 1923 | 31330006430197 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R J FICTION BROWN | Whistling rock / | Brown, Edna A. | 1923 | 31330008440913 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R J FICTION BROWN | When Max came / | Brown, Edna Adelaide, | 1914 | 31330007402187 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 371.897 WES 1975.11 BOX F | West side story : West Junior High School, Andover, Massachusetts. | 1971 | 31330008969655 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 CAM | West of the Shawsheen / | Campbell, Eleanor B. | 1975 | 31330001342512 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 CAM | West of the Shawsheen / | Campbell, Eleanor B. | 1975 | 31330006407518 |