President Nixon hosted a tour group in the White House Cabinet Room, providing them with an overview of the room's historical significance and functional utility. The discussion focused on the architectural layout of the room, the placement of presidential portraits, and the various official purposes of the space, including Cabinet and National Security Council meetings. One participant also shared personal anecdotes about her past experiences visiting the White House, specifically recalling a tea with Eleanor Roosevelt.
a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:07 pm on March 2, 1971 and 8:32 am on March 8, 1971. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 049-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 49-11
Date: Unknown between March 2 and March 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:07 pm, March 2 and 8:32 am, March 8, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room
Unknown people [a tour group] met
Cabinet Room
-Seating
-The President
-Vice President
-Chairs
-Disposition
-Arrangement
-Buttons
-Table
-Donor
-Portraits
-[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
-Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Additional seating
-Uses
-Cabinet meetings
-National Security Council meetings
-Other meetings
-Boy Scouts
An unknown woman
-Previous visit to White House
-Tea with [Anna] Eleanor Roosevelt
The unknown people [tour group] left at an unknown time before 8:32 am, March 8, 1971This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.