# mcp-libraryofcongress

> mcp-libraryofcongress — smeet666-mcp-libraryofcongress. Use this tool when you need to search and access historical American newspaper pages, catalogue items, and digital collections from the Library of Congress. It enables searching, reading, and listing of digital content without requiring an API key or account, solving problems of restricted access to historical archives. This tool accepts search queries and media type filters as inputs and returns relevant records and digital collections as outputs.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/smeet666-mcp-libraryofcongress  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/smeet666-mcp-libraryofcongress

## Description

An MCP server for the Library of Congress that enables searching scanned American newspaper pages, searching catalogue items by media type, reading individual records, and listing digital collections, all without requiring an API key or account.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.68
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-29

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** media
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/zpc5ntrc91)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/smeet666/mcp-libraryofcongress>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "smeet666-mcp-libraryofcongress"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/smeet666-mcp-libraryofcongress` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/smeet666-mcp-libraryofcongress/pull`

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