Lorne Michaels, the creator of the long-running sketch comedy television show “Saturday Night Live,” has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, the center announced Wednesday .

The Lorne Michaels Collection includes behind-the-scenes rehearsal notes, scripts and photographs of iconic characters and sketches from a show that launched the careers of comedians Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and others. It also includes some of 80-year-old Michaels' personal correspondence.

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The Harry Ransom Center is preparing the archive for exhibition this fall. The HRC said,"'Live From New York! The Making of Lorne Michaels' will highlight key moments from 'SNL’s' his

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