Andrews "selected the paper, typography, and bindings" for all of his books, while E. D. French and Sidney L. Smith provided tailpieces and other graphic elements.

A posthumous obituary claimed he "was a descendant of that 'first settler' William Andrews, one of the Davenport Company which 'sailed from Boston in 1638 and settled the town of Quinnipiac, which they afterwards called New Haven.

[4] Loring W. Andrews died in 1882 while a senior at Yale, due to "a gun-shot wound received while on a duck shooting excursion."

[2] In March 1880, the Met's first building in Central Park opened, designed by Calbert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould.

On August 28 of 1880, Andrews wrote to Metropolitan director Luigi Palma di Cesnola, "I shall be back in town by the middle of September with plenty of leisure time to do what I can to be at the Museum and especially to try to work up the library—would like to find someone to start it with 10,000 dollars.

"[2] When the Museum moved from 14th street to its building in the park, Andrews "actually carried many of the things in baskets, himself, to prevent harm coming to them," impressing Met President Cesnola with his devotion.

[2] In 1885, Andrews asked prolific engraver Edwin Davis French to create The Met library's first bookplate.