 October
2005
Updated JUNE, 2007
WhiteHouseTapes.org
Sound recordings from Roosevelt to Nixon – an amazing resource.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/presidentialrecordings/
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CONTENT:
This site hosted and maintained by the Presidential Recordings Program
at the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs makes
the recordings of six American Presidents from 1940-1973 available
online for scholars, teachers, students, and the public to “hear
and use these remarkable tapes for themselves”. |
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SITE DESIGN:
A left side navigation menu offers access to the recordings by President
as well as to the transcripts, exhibits, news, resources, etc. A search
tool is also available for finding information quickly. To get the
most from the site users will need Macromedia Flash Player, Acrobat
Viewer, Windows Media Player and QuickTime. |
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REVIEW:
American history students and teachers as well as the general public
will be interested in the almost 5,000 hours of conversations that
were secretly recorded by six American Presidents from 1940-1973.
Users will find full transcripts and audio recordings from Presidents
Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Listen
as President Nixon speaks to Mark Felt about the Watergate cover
up, President Johnson explains his economic policy, or President
Kennedy as he discusses removing troops from Vietnam. A number of
virtual exhibits are available including such topics as Vietnam:
Gulf of Tonkin, 1964, Civil Rights: Mississippi Burning, 1964, Space:
JFK and the Space Race, 1962, and The Nixon Presidency, 30 Years
Later. Included is a section that highlights tapes that are related
to current news stories. This is a great site for students that
may be researching any of these six presidents or any of the events
related to their Presidency.
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