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Through the Secret White House Tapes, we eavesdrop on presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon

We explore the most recent administrations through our Presidential Oral History Program

The Miller Center’s Policy Research Program brings together scholars and practitioners

We convene dozens of events fostering civil and intellectual dialogue

Five decades of dedicated Governing Council members have shaped the Miller Center

Senior fellows bring outside expertise to the Center

Miller Center oral histories show up in surprising places

Read the new Miller Center Substack channel

Watch sessions from the Miller Center's Conference on the American presidency, held September 24-25, 2025

Identifying practical approaches to help democratic leaders resolve key challenges

Miller Center resources examine the history of domestic and global health care challenges

Experts offer a range of recommendations for rebuilding America's infrastructure

Watch an overview of the national security challenges facing a new president

Watch a recounting of what it might take to heal our partisan divides

David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography

Experts including Ibram X. Kendi, Larycia Hawkins, and Jason Johnson probe America's original sin of racism on this PrezFest 2019 panel

Historian Steve Gillon talks about his book on the Kerner Commission, whose report on urban unrest reshaped debates about race and inequality in America

Compton Professor Melody Barnes examines how Americans have long struggled to strike a balance between government power, social order, and personal liberty

President Johnson called the Haggar clothing company to order some new pants, providing specific (and sometimes graphic) instructions on how they should be customized for him

14 months before Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt ruminates on the growing crisis in the East

When the White House released this transcript in August 1974, it contradicted President Nixon's claims that he had not interfered with the FBI investigation of the Watergate break-in

Three days after learning of the assassinations of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm and his brother Nhu, President Kennedy dictated a memorandum giving his version of events