Dale and Bumgardner payroll. Joseph Novak worked as a laborer on grading the Capitol grounds. He was born in Poland in 1857 and came to America in 1892.

Most of the workers who constructed the Minnesota Capitol belonged to unions. However, it is not clear whether St. Paul laborers were organized during the period when the Capitol was built nor how many laborers or which jobs were represented by a union between 1896 and 1907. So Novak's union status is currently unknown.