The Civic Caucus interview panel conducts an interview at the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis. Pictured are (from left to right) Randy Johnson, Steve Anderson, T. Williams, and Paul Gilje. Photograph by Janis Clay, June 23, 2017. Used with permission.
The Civic Caucus interview panel conducts an interview at the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis. Photograph by Janis Clay, January 15, 2018. Used with permission.
Civic Caucus interviewers Dana Schroeder, Pat Davies, Randy Johnson, and John Adams converse after a subject-matter expert interview at the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis. Photograph by Janis Clay, May 5, 2017. Used with permission.
Hand-painted drum composed of a walnut-stained wood shell and black hoops with rope tuning cords. The drum was used in the Civil War by Calvin R. Fix, a private in the 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment who rose to the rank of Principal Musician in the Eleventh Minnesota.
Civil War surgical instruments and case, 1861-1865. This kit used by a Fifth Minnesota Infantry Regiment surgeon, with its prominent amputation saws and scarificators for bloodletting, illustrates the reliance of physicians in the era before germ theory on "heroic" medical interventions.