[1] As a musician, he is credited with preserving Anglo-American, African-American, and Chinese folk music for the Library of Congress in addition to publishing several records in the United States.

Robert's grandfather, William Wallace Simpson had left his home in the mountains of Tennessee to spread the gospel in North Western China, carrying his 5-string banjo with him.

It was on this river escape that the family decided to return to the United States, and Jamieson's mother realized that her children spoke only Chinese.

[5] Notorious for their use of White Phosphorus against German tanks, the 90th Chemical mortar Battalion would later be referenced by Jamieson in his autobiography and personal recounting of the war, titled "88!

In his book he recalls that his brother, Donnie Paul Jamieson, was killed by a German mine several weeks before the suicide of Adolf Hitler.

Shortly after Hitler's death, Jamieson was reassigned to Charlie Company of the 90th Mortar Battalion, and eventually assigned as a guard in an Allied prison camp, where he remained until the end of his deployment.

[6] Upon returning from World War II, Jamieson become concerned that increasing use and culture surrounding radios in the United States would have a negative impact on the surviving musical and folk traditions of America.

It was published on 10-inch, 12-inch, 5-inch, and 7-inch tapes in the late 1940s, and contains dozens of hours of samples of music performed by multiple artists that display their varying play styles, including Murphy Gribble, an accomplished and prolific Appalachian banjo figure of the mid twentieth century that combined Anglo-Irish, French, German, Native American, and African musical traditions.

[8] Jamieson produced many albums and collections of music, and many have since made their way into the Library of Congress archives, including titles such as "Anglo-American Song and Ballads," recorded in 1947.

[11] Printed on 10", 12", 5", and 7" tapes in the 1940s, this collection served as a compilation of various banjo styles and methods of play for the sole purpose of historical preservation in the archives of the Library of Congress.