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"Committee: Uniting Forces, Shaping History" In times of war and peace, the power of a committee knows no bounds

Background imageCommittee Collection: Delegates to the Prison Congress, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Delegates to the Prison Congress, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Delegates to the Prison Congress, 1910.

Background imageCommittee Collection: Wilson Notification Committee, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Wilson Notification Committee, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Wilson Notification Committee, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageCommittee Collection: Taft Notification Committee, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Taft Notification Committee, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Taft Notification Committee, 1912. Shows a group at the White House, Washington, D.C., including Luther A. Brewer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, standing to the left of President William Howard Taft.

Background imageCommittee Collection: Aldermanic graft committee, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Aldermanic graft committee, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Aldermanic graft committee, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageCommittee Collection: Labor Committee at Mill, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Labor Committee at Mill, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Labor Committee at Mill, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageCommittee Collection: Strike committee at Gate of Mills - Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Strike committee at Gate of Mills - Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strike committee at Gate of Mills - Passaic, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageCommittee Collection: Dem. Nat'l Comm. at Sea Girt 1912, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Dem. Nat'l Comm. at Sea Girt 1912, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Dem. Nat'l Comm. at Sea Girt 1912, 1912.

Background imageCommittee Collection: Dem. Nat'l Committee at Sea Girt, 1912, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Dem. Nat'l Committee at Sea Girt, 1912, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Dem. Nat'l Committee at Sea Girt, 1912, 1912.

Background imageCommittee Collection: Caring for Refugees, between 1919 and 1924. Creator: Bain News Service

Caring for Refugees, between 1919 and 1924. Creator: Bain News Service
Caring for Refugees, between 1919 and 1924. The World War I relief efforts of the "Comite´ Americain pour les Re´gions De´vaste´es de France" (American Committee for Devastated France).

Background imageCommittee Collection: King Edward VII at a privy council meeting at Buckingham Palace, London, 19th century (engraving)

King Edward VII at a privy council meeting at Buckingham Palace, London, 19th century (engraving)
3039855 King Edward VII at a privy council meeting at Buckingham Palace, London, 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageCommittee Collection: Anti-Trades Union cartoon showing a meeting of a Trades Union Committee, top

Anti-Trades Union cartoon showing a meeting of a Trades Union Committee, top
527917 Anti-Trades Union cartoon showing a meeting of a Trades Union Committee, top, and the Duke of Wellington putting down the Trade Unions. London c1833. ; Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageCommittee Collection: World War I propaganda poster: Rally round the flag, Every fit man wanted

World War I propaganda poster: Rally round the flag, Every fit man wanted, Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
3252802 World War I propaganda poster: Rally round the flag, Every fit man wanted, Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, 1914 (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rally round the flag)

Background imageCommittee Collection: Lajos Kossuth

Lajos Kossuth
2910551 Lajos Kossuth; (add.info.: 1848 Portrait of Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894), president of the committee of the defence of Hungary. Dated 1848.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageCommittee Collection: Milk for France collection, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Milk for France collection, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Milk for France collection, May 1918. People in a horse drawn wagon on the street in support of the Committee for Free Milk for France during World War I, in New York City

Background imageCommittee Collection: Chairman of the Administrative Committee B.F. Truveller, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov

Chairman of the Administrative Committee B.F. Truveller, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov
Chairman of the Administrative Committee B.F. Truveller, 1911. From a collection of photographs documenting the First West Siberian Agricultural, Forestry, and Industrial Trade Exhibition

Background imageCommittee Collection: Minsk: Meeting of the children's executive committee, 1920-1929. Creator: Unknown

Minsk: Meeting of the children's executive committee, 1920-1929. Creator: Unknown
Minsk: Meeting of the children's executive committee, 1920-1929. In the early part of the Stalin era, the Kremlin established a new administrative territory in the Soviet Far East--the Jewish

Background imageCommittee Collection: Inter-allied Solidarity; US Major General Bliss. First meeting of the Higher Inter-Allied

Inter-allied Solidarity; US Major General Bliss. First meeting of the Higher Inter-Allied... 1918 Creator: Unknown
Inter-allied Solidarity; US Major General Bliss. First meeting of the Higher Inter-Allied War Committee at Versailles: leaving the inaugural conference at the Trianon-Palace, January 30, 1918

Background imageCommittee Collection: Inter-allied Solidarity; On the steps, Marshal Douglas Haig and General Wilson... 1918

Inter-allied Solidarity; On the steps, Marshal Douglas Haig and General Wilson... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Inter-allied Solidarity; On the steps, Marshal Douglas Haig and General Wilson. The first meeting of the Higher Inter-Allied War Committee at Versailles

Background imageCommittee Collection: Au Palais de Tauride; Le bureau du Conseil des delegues ouvriers et soldats, pendant... 1917

Au Palais de Tauride; Le bureau du Conseil des delegues ouvriers et soldats, pendant... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Au Palais de Tauride; Le bureau du Conseil des delegues ouvriers et soldats, pendant une seance pleniere: les delegues soldats ont ete elus a raison d'un delegue par compagnie; les delegues

Background imageCommittee Collection: Regency piece, 1789. Creator: Jan Bulthuis

Regency piece, 1789. Creator: Jan Bulthuis
Regency piece, 1789. Regentenstuk. Four unknown men sitting around a table, a servant on the right, and on the left a young man

Background imageCommittee Collection: Patrons of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1729, 1729. Creator: Cornelis Troost

Patrons of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1729, 1729. Creator: Cornelis Troost
Patrons of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1729, 1729. Other Title(s): Regents of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1729

Background imageCommittee Collection: Mr. Rhodes Before the South Africa Committee, c1897, (c1900). Creator: Unknown

Mr. Rhodes Before the South Africa Committee, c1897, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
Mr. Rhodes Before the South Africa Committee, c1897, (c1900). British imperialist, businessman and politician who played a dominant role in southern Africa

Background imageCommittee Collection: Committee-room, House of Commons, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Committee-room, House of Commons, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Committee-room, House of Commons, 1857. Interior of the Palace of Westminster, London. It would be difficult to point to any edifice, ancient or modern

Background imageCommittee Collection: Henryk Sienkiewicz et les membres du Comite general de secours pour les victimes... 1916

Henryk Sienkiewicz et les membres du Comite general de secours pour les victimes... 1916. Creator: Leon Kaufmann
Henryk Sienkiewicz et les membres du Comite general de secours pour les victimes de la guerre en Pologne, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Background imageCommittee Collection: Labor Comm. of Council of Nat. Def. Heads: James O'Connell; W.B. Wilson; Leo K. Frankel... 1917

Labor Comm. of Council of Nat. Def. Heads: James O'Connell; W.B. Wilson; Leo K. Frankel... 1917
Labor Comm. of Council of Nat. Def. Heads: James O'Connell; W.B. Wilson; Leo K. Frankel; Gompers, Chairman; Lewis B. Schram; Frank Morrison; H.E. Willis; Edward Everett Macy; E

Background imageCommittee Collection: Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912

Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House of Representatives Committees - Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Popularly Called Steel Trust Investigating Committee Or Stanley Committee

Background imageCommittee Collection: Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp, January 12, 1912

Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp, January 12, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House of Representatives Committees - Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Popularly Called Steel Trust Investigating Committee Or Stanley Committee

Background imageCommittee Collection: American Legion, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

American Legion, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. American Legion, between 1910 and 1920
American Legion, between 1910 and 1920. [Group of women with a copy of Stars and Stripes, a military newspaper. The American Legion is a non-profit organisation of U.S. war veterans]

Background imageCommittee Collection: American Legion, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

American Legion, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. American Legion, between 1910 and 1920
American Legion, between 1910 and 1920. [The American Legion is a non-profit organisation of U.S. war veterans]

Background imageCommittee Collection: Jackson Day Committee Women, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Jackson Day Committee Women, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Jackson Day Committee Women, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageCommittee Collection: Ways and Means Committee, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Ways and Means Committee

Ways and Means Committee, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means Committee, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageCommittee Collection: Pres. Wilson and Agriculture Advisory Committee, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Pres. Wilson and Agriculture Advisory Committee, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Pres
Pres. Wilson and Agriculture Advisory Committee, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageCommittee Collection: Senate Committee and Baker, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Senate Committee and Baker, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Senate Committee and Baker, between 1910 and 1920. US Secretary of War Newton D. Baker is seated 2nd right

Background imageCommittee Collection: The Graphic Stanley Number; The Emin Pasha Relief Commitee, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Graphic Stanley Number; The Emin Pasha Relief Commitee, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic Stanley Number; The Emin Pasha Relief Commitee, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890

Background imageCommittee Collection: Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageCommittee Collection: Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, between 1910 and 1920. First World War, USA. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs. William G. McAdoo near right'

Background imageCommittee Collection: Woman's Committee Council of Nat'l Defense, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman's Committee Council of Nat'l Defense, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman's Committee Council of Nat'l Defense, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageCommittee Collection: Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt with Flags of 22 Nations, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt with Flags of 22 Nations, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt with Flags of 22 Nations, 1917. American women's suffrage campaigner, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, founded the League of Women Voters

Background imageCommittee Collection: House Committee To Investigate American Sugar Refining Co. And Others - Racker... 1911

House Committee To Investigate American Sugar Refining Co. And Others - Racker... 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House Committee To Investigate American Sugar Refining Co. And Others - Racker, John Edward of California; Garrett, Finis James, Rep. From Tennessee; Hardwick, Thomas William, Rep

Background imageCommittee Collection: House of Representatives Committee, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing

House of Representatives Committee, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House of Representatives Committee, between 1914 and 1918. USA

Background imageCommittee Collection: Argentine Conference Committee, 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Argentine Conference Committee, 1920

Argentine Conference Committee, 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Argentine Conference Committee, 1920
Argentine Conference Committee, Washington DC, 1920. Bureau of Ordance

Background imageCommittee Collection: Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt with Flags of 22 Nations, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt with Flags of 22 Nations, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt with Flags of 22 Nations, 1917. American women's suffrage campaigner, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, founded the League of Women Voters

Background imageCommittee Collection: British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. British Labor Committees At Union Station
British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917

Background imageCommittee Collection: British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. British Labor Committees At Union Station
British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917

Background imageCommittee Collection: Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912

Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House of Representatives Committees - Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Popularly Called Steel Trust Investigating Committee Or Stanley Committee

Background imageCommittee Collection: Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912

Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House of Representatives, Committees - Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Popularly Called Steel Trust Investigating Committee Or Stanley Committee

Background imageCommittee Collection: James Jerome Hill, President - Great Northern Railway - Before Stanley Committee, 1911

James Jerome Hill, President - Great Northern Railway - Before Stanley Committee, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
James Jerome Hill, President - Great Northern Railway - Before Stanley Committee, 1911. [Canadian-American railway entrepreneur and businessman]

Background imageCommittee Collection: Pujo Committee, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Pujo Committee, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Pujo Committee, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Pujo Committee, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Pujo Committee, 1912. [American lawyer Samuel J. Untermyer, counsel-investigator to the Committee, famously cross-examined J. P. Morgan and other New York bankers




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"Committee: Uniting Forces, Shaping History" In times of war and peace, the power of a committee knows no bounds. From the World War II posters rallying support for the British Army to the Select Committee in 1891, committees have played a pivotal role in shaping our world. As we gaze upon the map of the British Army on that iconic WW2 poster, we are reminded of how committees strategized and coordinated efforts to defend our nation. Their meticulous planning ensured that every journey was truly necessary, as depicted on another wartime poster urging citizens to think twice before traveling. But it wasn't just during wars that committees made their mark. In times of dire need during World War I, they called upon men from all corners of the Empire through powerful posters like "The Empire Needs Men. " These messages echoed through communities as instruction booklets like "Knitting for the RAF" were distributed far and wide. Amidst these calls to action, there was also a plea to protect what mattered most - home. The haunting question posed by a WWI poster asked if your home was here and urged citizens to defend it at all costs. This sentiment resonated deeply with those living in Liverpool slums in 1912 or seeking solace within Alexandra Palace's walls while listening to broadcasts from B. B. C. , reminding us that unity is essential even beyond military endeavors. Recruitment posters further fueled this spirit by inviting individuals whose cap fit perfectly into an army life or encouraging Sheffield residents not to panic but be prepared for potential invasion threats. Through these glimpses into history captured by various images and artifacts, one thing becomes clear - committees have been instrumental in mobilizing nations towards common goals. Whether it be defending our homes or fighting alongside comrades on distant battlefields, their influence has shaped generations past and present. So let us remember those who served on committees throughout history; their dedication paved the way for a better tomorrow.