Sampson's papers include investment information on hedging in sugar
futures(1920-1932) and automobile purchase contracts and insurance forms (1927;
1937-1940).
Background
W.F. Sampson was an Oakland, California capitalist and executive of the
Bay Transport Co., San Francisco (1934-1941). Little else is known of him, save
that he owned a Packard automobile and was interested in the stock market.