Draft:Charles Edwin Fairman

Charles Edwin Fairman supt.? authored a book on public art in the U.S. Capitol including biographiea of the artists.

He was friends with John Ross Key who he eulogized.

Norwich University bestowed an honorary degree on him in 1940 noting: "CHARLES EDWIN Fairman a native of Dorset, Vermont, and life-long citizen of the town of Fairfax; graduate in law from Columbian University; for more than thirty years curator of Art in the United States Capitol, whose unfailing judgment and pains- taking care have contributed largely to the adornment of the nation's halls of legislation; author of authoritative treatises on works of art in federal buildings; in whom years have not diminished his love for his native state nor the keeness of his professional judgment. Norwich University confers upon you the well-merited honor of the degree of Doctor of Letters”.


 * Works of Art in the Capitol Building (1910)
 * Works of art in the United States Capitol Building: Including Biographies of the Artists, Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 1913