Between 1949 and 1950, Dwight D. Eisenhower secretly recorded a number of meetings while president of Columbia University. While U.S. president, Eisenhower secretly recorded at least 25 additional meetings in the Oval Office. In the 1990s, archivists at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library discovered and released close to 15 hours of these recordings.

Dwight D. Eisenhower - Pre-Presidential Recordings

The complete collection of Eisenhower's Pre-Presidential Recordings is available on the Research the Tapes landing page. The Miller Center received the audio recordings from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library as multiple audio files. Each audio file represented a single dictabelt recording. Often a particular conversation would span multiple dictabelts. We have spliced audio files together when we could identify overlap between two audio files. We have also arranged the conversations chronologically.

Dwight D. Eisenhower - Presidential Recordings

The complete collection of Eisenhower's Presidential Recordings is available for download as well. The Miller Center received the audio recordings from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library as multiple audio files. Each audio file represented a single dictabelt recording. Often a particular conversation would span multiple dictabelts. We have spliced audio files together when we could identify overlap between two audio files. We have also arranged the conversations chronologically.

Browsing or searching the Eisenhower tapes

• All available recordings for all six presidents who secretly recorded conversations are available on the Research the Tapes landing page. The collection of recordings across all six presidents includes more than 30,000 unique recordings. 
• Using the "Filter" tool, you can limit your search or browsing to one or more presidents.
• The Eisenhower tapes will display in chronological order.
• Each recording has a set of metadata associated with it to allow for searching. The metadata for Eisenhower includes: date, participants, and description.
• We use organic search for the Secret White House Recordings allowing users to use multiple terms in a single data string. So, for example, if you were interested in finding recordings involving Paul Hoffman about General Motors in 1955 you would simply enter: "Hoffman General Motors 1955" into the search box to surface the relevant recordings. Do not use boolean terms such as "and" or "or."