Archival Collections

Clinton Digital Library

• 2013-0124-S, Collection Finding Aid: Shirley Sagawa, First Lady’s Office
• View Curated Files of Greeting and Correspondence to Socks and Buddy
• White House Photographs of Socks the Cat and Buddy the Dog
• Collection Finding Aids concerning Socks or Buddy

Archived Web Pages from the Clinton Administration

• White House Family Life (This archived site may only be accessed using Internet Protocol Version [IPv6] )
• Pets in the White House (version 3)
• Pets in the White House (version 4)
• Spring 1999: Presidential Pets

National Archives Catalog

• LPWJC 2013-0124-S: Shirley Sagawa's Files, 1993-1998
• Photographs of Socks
• Photographs of Buddy

Related Websites

• White House Pets - This White House Historical Association website contains fun facts about some of the more memorable Presidential pets.
• Office of the First Cat - A National Archives and Records Admistration (NARA) blog post created for International Cat Day that looks at the history of cats in the White House.
• Presidential Pet Activity - This online educational resource, concerning Presidential Pets, is provided by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presiential Library and Museum

Socks and Buddy were so beloved by the American public that news organizations around the country published official obituaries for them when they passed away in 2002 (Buddy) and 2009 (Socks).