Andover Historical Society - Subject Matter Index, Conservation and Nature

Conservation of Our Environment

Andover Village Improvement Society (AVIS) founded 1894

Article 2.1 of the Andover Village Improvement Society (AVIS) By-Laws (approved in March of 1998) reads as follows:
The purposes of the corporation shall include a) acquiring and conserving open space for the protection of natural resources and wildlife, and b) encouraging public use and quiet enjoyment of such land for passive recreation consistent with the above goals.

The Bay Circuit and AVIS Guide to Walks in Andover
Written by Andover Trails Committee and Andover Village Improvement Society (MHL Library R917.445 AND)
AVIS A History of Conservation
Written by Juliet Haines Mofford 1980 (AHS Library & Gift Shop and MHL Library R333.7 MOF)

Andover Historical Society Newsletter Articles:
AVIS Has Been Trail Blazer In Land Conservation - written by Juliet Haines Mofford - Vol. 19, No. 1
Harold R. Rafton was the "Father of Modern AVIS" - written by Juliet Haines Mofford - Vol. 19, No. 2

General

The Birds of Andover
Written by Howard I. Ford, The School Department 1900 (MHL Library R598.2 FOR)
Some Wild Flowers of Andover
Written by Arthur Stanley Pease, School Department 1901 (MHL Library R582.13 POEA)
The Moths of Andover, Mass Region: The Butterflies of Andover, Mass. Region:
The Butterflies of New England
Written by Brooks School 1948 (MHL Library R595.78 ROO)
The Trees of the Andover Region
Written by Brooks School 1949 (MHL Library R582.160974 ROO)
Merrimack Valley Bird Club
Written by Merrimack Valley Bird Club 1967 (MHL Library R598.2974 MER)
Andover, 1646 - 1971
325th Anniversary, Andover, Mass. (MHL Library R974.45 AND)

Conservation of Our Structures

See 'Architecture, Historic Districts and Preservation'

Conservation of Our Artifacts

Andover Historical Society Newsletter Articles:
Rare Sacred Music Books are Preserved at our Society - written by Charlotte Smith, Nym Cooke, and Earl Miller - Vol. 13, No. 4

More information:

Andover Historical Society's List of General References & Resources