Background
Price, Franklin Haines was born on July 3, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Doctor Ferris Thomas and Mary Pine (Haines) Price.
Price, Franklin Haines was born on July 3, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Doctor Ferris Thomas and Mary Pine (Haines) Price.
Student Palms Business College, Philadelphia, 1898, Pennsylvania School of Indstl. Arts, 1906-1907, 1912. Master of Letters, University of Pennsylvania, 1952.
Began as assistant Free Library of Philadelphia, 1899, head of department, 1906-1910, in charge of special collections, 1911-1925, assistant librarian, 1926-1934, librarian, since 1934. Librarian, Jefferson Medical College, 1901. Supervisor American Library Association War Service, Philadelphia district, 1918-1919, American Merchant Marine library association, Portuguese Philadelphia, 1919-1920.
Received The Philadelphia Award, bronze medal and $10,000, 1951.
Member American, Pennsylvania library associations, Booksellers’ Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Library. Clubs: Philobiblon. Rotary.
Married Alice H. Howe, April. Children: Franklin Haines, Junior.