Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” has donated his papers to the university’s Harry Ransom Center.

Lorne Michaels gifts his Saturday Night Live archives to the UT Austin, offering researchers and fans unprecedented access to the show's history.

Lorne Michaels has donated a collection of his work on Saturday Night Live and more to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. The collection spans 50 years and includes rehearsal notes for SNL,

The Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin announced Wednesday it has acquired the archive of the "Saturday Night Live" creator. The acquisition includes correspondence, scripts and photos from Michaels's teenage years through his storied career.

Michaels has no official ties to UT or Texas, but he's the latest of a group of entertainment bigwigs to select the Ransom Center to host personal archives. Robert De Niro donated his archive in 2006, and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner also donated the show's archive in 2017 .

Live" celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and Michaels' collection includes materials from across the show's history.

This year "Saturday Night Live" is celebrating its 50th anniversary and now the University of Texas at Austin will play a part in that TV history. The iconic show's creator and executive producer, Lorne Michaels,

Shelley Duvall, from left, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Lorne Michaels and Laraine Newman pose backstage at "Saturday Night Live" in 1977. The image is among the items in the Lorne Michaels Collection, an archive the series creator has donated to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Live" creator Lorne Michaels has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center cultural archive at the University of Texas.

Lorne Michaels, creator of the greatest sketch comedy show of ALL time, "Saturday Night Live" just donated the show's entire archive to the University of Texas.

Calling all SNL fans and comedy buffs! Lorne Michaels and SNL history are at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin. Explore sketches, rehearsal notes, and personal correspondence in an exhibit celebrating the making of this comedy legend.