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

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

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

The collection includes rehearsal notes, photos, scripts from the movie "Mean Girls" and more.

Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” has donated his papers to the university’s Harry Ransom Center. By Jennifer Schuessler The archives of the man behind the tagline “Live From ...

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.

Tina Fey remembers a rough start to her time at Saturday Night Live. Appearing in SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, Peacock's new four-episode docuseries looking back at the late-night show's storied past, the writer-turned-star recalls being surprised by the attitude around rewrites.

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

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