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 WES 1990 | West Middle School Yearbook. | West Middle School (Andover, Mass.) | 1990 | 31330008353173 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 974.45 MOO | West Methuen of long ago. | Noyes, Mabel F. | 1929 | 31330001337439 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929.2 WES | West genealogy : with the following andover names : with the following Andover names ; Abbott, Aslebee, Baker, Chandler, Farnum, Frye, Holt, Lovejoy, Osgood, Stewart, West, Weinhold. | 1960 | 31330002108946 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 285.8 SOU/V.2 | Weekly calendars. | South Church (Andover, Mass.) | 1908 | 31330001337801 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 285.8 SOU/V1 | Weekly calendars. | South Church (Andover, Mass.) | 1908 | 31330001337793 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 940.53 WE / POSTER | We have just begun to fight! | 1943 | POSTER10 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.74 WE | We fight for freedom : Massachusetts, African Americans, and the Civil War. | 1993 | 31330003991803 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 338.762 ROL | Waterloo Ironworks : a history of Taskers of Andover, 1809-1968 / | Rolt, L. T. C., | 1969 | 31330001748452 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R B GREW, JA. | Wasp without a sting, or, the memoirs of a person of no particular importance. | Grew, James H. | 1995 | 31330003749425 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 973.7 HAY | War between the states : autographs and biographical information / | Hayes, James P. | 1989 | 31330002461501 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.445 WAL (PAMPHLET BOX | Walking tour of Lawrence, Massachusetts dam and canal area : guide produced for teachers, students and the general public of greater Lawrence as a joint project of Immigrant City Archives, Historical Society of Lawrence, Mass. and the art and... | 1980 | 31330003383696 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 NEW V. 2 | Vital records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. | Newburyport (Mass.) | 1911 | 31330004938894 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 NEW V. 1 | Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. | Newbury (Mass.) | 1911 | 31330004931055 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 NEW V. 2 | Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. | Newbury (Mass.) | 1911 | 31330004124842 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 929 AND V. 1 BIRTHS | Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. | 1911 | 31330003140690 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.5 SMI | Visits to Brunswick, Georgia, and travels south / | Smith, Joseph Warren, | 1907 | 31330002501579 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 917.5 SMI | Visits to Brunswick, Georgia, and travels south / | Smith, Joseph Warren, | 1907 | 31330008945911 |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 352.34 VIS | Vision for the Town of Andover / | 2004 | 31330008372421 | |
| ANDOVER ROOM R 635.06 VIL (GARDEN BOX) | Village Garden Club yearbook 1974-1975. | 1974 | 31330009064472 |