Tim Crumrin served as Conner Prairie Museum historian and director before retiring in 2014. He holds a master's in American history from Indiana State University and has written or edited sundry scholarly publications. He has also won two awards from the American Association of State and Local History, a national Telly Award as writer/director of the PBS documentary Harvesting the Past and the prestigious Eli Lilly Lifetime Achievement in Indiana History Award from the Indiana Historical Society in 2014. He lives in Terre Haute with his wife, Robin; daughter, Brynn; and four dogs.