Roland (Rollie) Jamieson, born in Calgary, 1914, came to the Salmon Arm area as a boy of 10 years. He was the eldest of six children. Obliged to leave school in grade 10, he became a plumber's helper for M.M. Carroll and in 1945, Roland took over the Carroll & Co., plumbing and heating sheet metal works. After retirement from his plumbing and heating business in 1979, he pursued his neglected interest in history and recorded many stories of Salmon Arm and it's more prominent people. The collection primarily consists of his manuscripts and research material and notes. Rolland Jamieson and his wife, Marjories Critchley (d.1977) had five children: Susan Ward, Mary Paul, Nancy Burke, Joanne Gollan, and Larwrence . Following Marjories death, he married Jean Davies. Roland died February 16, 1999.