Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 49 › Conversation 049-011
White House tour group on White House and Cabinet Room
Tuesday, March 2, 1971 · 1:07 PM–8:32 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 9 min
AI Summary
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.
- White House
- Cabinet Room
- Tours
- Presidential history
- Architecture
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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NARA Description
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 Aid
Conversation 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, 1971Also recorded on March 2, 1971
- 049-002 12:44 PM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 1:07 pm.
- 461-012 12:53 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter Heltemes, Jack Heltemes, Mrs. Jack Heltemes, Jack Heltemes, Jr., Holly Heltemes, Robert J. Dole, Robert Young, Mrs. Robert Young, David N. Parker, and George Bill met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:07 pm.
- 049-008 1:07 PM — Unknown person(s) 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.
- 049-010 1:07 PM — Unknown person(s) 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.
- 461-013 1:07 PM · 6 sec — unknown person(s) and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:07 pm to 1:08 pm.
- 461-014 1:08 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth R. Lyons, Charles W. Colson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:08 pm to 1:23 pm.
- 461-015 1:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:27 pm and 1:35 pm.
- 461-016 1:27 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:27 pm and 1:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 049-011, March 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/049-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).