Nixon White House Tapes

Listen to and search all 22,725 conversations from the 949 Nixon White House recordings, 1971–1973 — with AI transcripts, summaries and the Nixon Library finding aids.

22,725 conversations · 22,588 with audio · 19,553 AI transcripts · 850 conversations cut into their own clips

On this day — September 26

September 26, 1972Nixon, Ehrlichman & Merriam · 42 min

President Nixon met with John Ehrlichman, Robert Merriam, and Lewis Engman to review the progress of an Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) study concerning national fiscal policy, school financing, and property tax reform. The discuss…

September 26, 1972Nixon, Lyons & Ward · 28 min

President Nixon met with leaders of various building trades unions to discuss their ongoing collaboration with his administration and their formal endorsement of his re-election. The participants addressed labor-management relations, the future of wage and …

September 26, 1972Nixon, Tonelli & Hodgson · 23 min

President Nixon met with United Paper Makers International Union leader Joseph P. Tonelli and members of his administration, including Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson, to discuss labor relations and union support for the administration's policies. Tonel…

September 26, 1972Nixon, Haldeman & Ziegler · 18 min

President Nixon met with H.R. Haldeman and other aides to coordinate logistics for his upcoming trip to New York, specifically focusing on a sensitive meeting with Jewish leaders and potential risks regarding news leaks. The group discussed political campai…

What is in the archive?

Between February 1971 and July 1973 a voice-activated system secretly recorded President Richard Nixon's meetings and telephone calls in the Oval Office, the Old Executive Office Building, the Cabinet Room and Camp David. The National Archives has catalogued 22,725 conversations across 949 tapes. Easy Nixon brings together the released audio, the Nixon Library finding aids, AI-generated transcripts for more than 19,000 conversations, and short AI summaries — all free, with permanent links you can cite. Read more about the project and the data.