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Samuel Francis Smith was born on October 21, 1808 in Boston, Massachusetts and died on November 16, 1895.  In 1832, while a student at the Andover Theological Seminary, he wrote the words to "America" using a German "patriotic tune".  Because he was at his home on 147 Main Street when he wrote the tune, that house became known as the "America House".
Edna Adelaide Brown, born in 1875, was author of more than one dozen children's books. She was appointed head librarian of Memorial Hall Library in 1906. She began to campaign for the addition of a room for children in her 1907 annual report.  By 1913, she said, "In this age of society-forming, there should be a society for the prevention of cruelty to libraries." Her annual appeals for a separate space for children were finally successful when the Children's Room was added in 1926. She also extended library hours, initiated an open shelf system, and started the Ballardvale Branch of Memorial Hall Library. She retired in 1939 and died in 1944.


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[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=356114&t=junior%20book%20of%20authors&tp=keyword&l=5&d=1&hc=21&rt=keywordJunior Book of Authors],  page 53+ (JR 920 Kun)


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[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=title&tp=title&t=brief%20sketch%20of%20the%20history%20of%20andover&ft=&l=5&d=0&f=&av= ''A Brief Sketch of the History of Andover''] by Edna A. Brown. Andover Room R 974.45 Bro (pamphlet Box 6)
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/eg/opac/record/250331?fi%3Aitem_type=a;query=men%20of%20andover;qtype=keyword;locg=5 ''Men of Andover: Biographical Sketches in Commemoration of One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Phillips Academy''] by Claude Moore Fuess, pages 45-51.


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[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=1348720&t=four%20gordons&tp=keyword&l=5&d=1&f=at&hc=5&rt=keyword ''Four Gordons'']  by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room R Fic (Andover Author's Collection)
 
[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=1154890&t=how%20many%20miles%20to%20babylon&tp=keyword&l=5&d=1&f=at&hc=1&rt=keyword ''How Many Miles to Babylon?'' ]  by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room Fic J (Andover Author's Collection).
 
[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=Notes%20for%20Miss%20Putnam&ft=&l=5&d=0&f=&av= ''Notes for Miss Putnam'']  by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room R 974.45 Bro (pamphlet box 3)
 
[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=1156590&t=uncle%20david's%20boys&tp=keyword&l=5&d=0&hc=29&rt=keyword ''Uncle David's Boys.''] by Edna Adelaide Brown.  Andover Room Fic J (Andover Authors Collection)
 
[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=1156586&t=whistling%20Rock&tp=title&l=5&d=1&f=at&hc=1&rt=title ''Whistling Rock'']  by Edna A. Brown.  Andover Room Fic J (Andover Authors Collection)
 
*Andover's First Woman Librarian Was Children's Author. ''Andover Historical Society Newsletter'' Vol.29, No. 4, Fall 2004. Andover Room R Fic (Andover Authors collection)
 
 
 
 
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Edna Adelaide Brown, born in 1875, was author of more than one dozen children's books. She was appointed head librarian of Memorial Hall Library in 1906. She began to campaign for the addition of a room for children in her 1907 annual report. By 1913, she said, "In this age of society-forming, there should be a society for the prevention of cruelty to libraries." Her annual appeals for a separate space for children were finally successful when the Children's Room was added in 1926. She also extended library hours, initiated an open shelf system, and started the Ballardvale Branch of Memorial Hall Library. She retired in 1939 and died in 1944.


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Book of Authors, page 53+ (JR 920 Kun)

A Brief Sketch of the History of Andover by Edna A. Brown. Andover Room R 974.45 Bro (pamphlet Box 6)

Four Gordons by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room R Fic (Andover Author's Collection)

How Many Miles to Babylon? by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room Fic J (Andover Author's Collection).

Notes for Miss Putnam by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room R 974.45 Bro (pamphlet box 3)

Uncle David's Boys. by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room Fic J (Andover Authors Collection)

Whistling Rock by Edna A. Brown. Andover Room Fic J (Andover Authors Collection)

  • Andover's First Woman Librarian Was Children's Author. Andover Historical Society Newsletter Vol.29, No. 4, Fall 2004. Andover Room R Fic (Andover Authors collection)




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