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 973.74 MAS V. 1 | Massachusetts soldiers, sailors, and marines in the civil war. | Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office. | 1931 | 31330001337413 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.34 MAS V. 1 | Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War. : A compilation from the archives, prepared and published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth in accordance with chapter 100, resolves of 1891. | Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. | 1908 | 31330001337405 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 333.95 MAS | Massachusetts natural heritage atlas. | 1994 | 31330004648741 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.44 MAS (PAMPHLET BOX | Massachusetts localities. : A finding list of Massachusetts cities and towns; and of villages, certain lesser localities, railroad stations, and post offices whose location is not localized within the appropriate cities and towns by their names;... | Massachusetts Geodetic Survey. | 1938 | 31330002683013 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.4 MAS | Massachusetts century farms, 2010 / | Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation. | 2010 | 31330006928059 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 913.744 MAS (PAMPHLET BOX | Massachusetts Archaeological Society, bulletin, v. 6, no. 2, January 1945. | 1945 | 31330001346042 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 913.744 MAS (PAMPHLET BOX | Massachusetts Archaeological Society, bulletin, v. 5, no. 1. | 1943 | 31330001346034 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 913.744 MAS (PAMPHLET BOX | Massachusetts Archaeological Society, bulletin, v. 3, no. 2. | 1942 | 31330001346026 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.4 WHI | Massachusetts : a pictorial history / | Whitehill, Walter Muir, | 1976 | 31330000073464 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 385 CUM V. 1 (PAMPHLET) | Mass. Northeastern St. Ry. / | Cummings, O. R. (Osmond Richard) | 1964 | 31330001055213 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 385 CUM V. 2 (PAMPHLET B | Mass. Northeastern St. Ry. / | Cummings, O. R. (Osmond Richard) | 1964 | 31330000836274 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 385 CUM V. 3 (PAMPHLET B | Mass. Northeastern St. Ry. / | Cummings, O. R. (Osmond Richard) | 1964 | 31330000791560 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 385 CUM V. 4 (PAMPHLET B | Mass. Northeastern St. Ry. / | Cummings, O. R. (Osmond Richard) | 1964 | 31330001344302 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 307.33 MAR | Market research analysis of Andover's Central Business District / | 1991 | 31330008262077 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 911.744 DEX | Maps of early Massachusetts : pre-history through the seventeenth century / | Dexter, Lincoln A. | 1984 | 31330007752276 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 912.744 MAP | Map of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. | 1947 | 31330003106840 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 285.8 SOU (PAMPHLET BOX 3 | Manual and directory of the South Church, Andover, Massachusetts. | South Church (Andover, Mass.) | 1907 | 31330001337819 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 792.6 MAM (VF) | Mam'selle (a musical comedy) : Monday, April 21, 1930, Town Hall, Andover, Mass. / | 1930 | 31330009002068 | |
| ANDOVER ROOMFIC | Lucifer with a book : a novel / | Burns, John Horne, | 1949 | 31330001606932 |