Laura Chilton is the David Center for the American Revolution Project Cataloger at the APS. Prior cataloging experience has been primarily in the areas of historical maps for UCLA and Columbia University and African American history for Amistad Research Center and Dillard University, both in New Orleans. She has also worked in the Rare Book Department at the Free Library of Philadelphia. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy and an M.L.I.S. in Library Science from Indiana University, Bloomington.