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

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

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.

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,

"Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center cultural archive at the University of Texas. "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center cultural archive at the University of Texas. "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center cultural archive at the University of Texas. The American Library Association has tracked a national surge in book bans over the past several years, with Texas at the forefront.

Lorne Michaels, the creator of the long-running sketch comedy television show “Saturday Night Live” donated the materials from the show that launched

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.

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,

Lorne Michaels, creator of NBC's “Saturday Night Live", has donated his archive to UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center.

Collection features "rehearsal notes and sketches to annotated scripts and personal correspondence" and provides behind-the-scenes history of SNL

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