Above: Baiba Berzins and Dr Peter Tyler at NSW Parliament House 31 May 2011
Many readers of ArchivesLive! will be sad to hear of the recent death of Dr Peter Tyler, eminent historian, and friend to many.
Peter died last Saturday, of a heart attack, after a short illness, at Royal North Shore Hospital.
His funeral will be held this coming Friday at 1pm, at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium, South Chapel.
I will attend on behalf of the ASA, both Council and NSW Branch, and also because I considered Peter to be a friend.
Peter wrote the recent history of State Records NSW 1788-2011.
Peter was 'embedded' within SRNSW for 18 months in order to undertake his research, and also to understand the human and cultural dimension of the organisation, its staff, volunteers, and users. As you can imagine, he got to know the SRNSW 'mob' very well.
Peter's book was launched at Parliament House on 31 May 2011.
Peter was a guest presenter to the ASA NSW Branch last November, at which time he gave us a witty and insightful account of his experiences while writing the book.
Peter will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
The book launch:
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/50-years-at-state-records/anniversary-function-nsw-parliament-house-may-2011%20
There are photos from that book launch here on ArchivesLive!
Look in: Photos/All Albums / State Records NSW 50th Anniversary
Advertising Peter's presentation to the NSW Branch:
http://www.archivists.org.au/icms_docs/112683_November_2011.pdf
Funeral Notice
See the notice in the SMH:
http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=peter-tyler&pid=157510310
TYLER, Peter John PhD.
Passed away at RNSH
May 5, 2012
after a brief illness.
Aged 78 years.
Dearly loved son of Maisie (Clare) and John (dec) and very much loved brother of Robin. True friend of the Doran family.
We will miss you so much
PETERs family and friends are warmly invited to attend his Funeral Service to be held in the South Chapel of Northern Suburbs Crematorium, on Friday (May 11, 2012), commencing at 1 p.m.
Roseville 9904 7743
An Australian Company
Louise Trott
Secretary, ASA NSW Branch
Secretary, ASA Council
Comments
A very good turn out of archivists at Peter TYler's funeral today. Peter wrote his own eulogy, so it was very well written! and it was fascinating to learn more about his life and career/s.
Peter gained a substantial understanding of archives and archivists while writing the history of SRNSW (we are so misunderstood!), and he will be very much missed.