L.C. Langford Biographical File
Abstract
Biographical file includes news articles and other biographical information releated to Lilburn C. Langford who is the namesake for Langford Auditorium. File also includes a photograph that appearerd in the April 1978 issue of Vanderbilt Today.
Dates
- Creation: 1978 - 2002
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Historical or Biographical Note
Lilburn C. (Ed) Langford is a Clarksville, Tennessee, native who is credited with inventing the frozen malted milkshake. At the height of his success, Langford had 139 restaurants throughout the country--including two in Nashville--operating from headquarters in Chicago. Vanderbilt University's Langford Auditorium was named in the national restaurateur's memory in 1978. Mrs. Langford donated $1 million toward the $2.4 million construction cost as a memorial to her husband, who passed away in 1977.
Full Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- L.C. Langford biographical file
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by EBL Special Collections Staff
- Date
- 2010-05-21
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is inEnglish.
Repository Details
Part of the VUMC Historical Images and Biographies Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu
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