He’s ruled with absolute power for five decades, forever adding to his list of oracular pronouncements—about producing TV, making comedy, and living the good life.

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

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

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 .

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.

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

Lorne Michaels donates his "Saturday Night Live" archive to UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center, showcasing nearly 50 years of TV history.

The Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin received a collection donation from “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels.

Although way off Broadway and far from the show’s New York City roots, the Ransom Center is one of the ... The Ransom Center plans an exhibit, “Live from New York! The Making of Lorne Michaels” to open in September with sketch drafts, correspondence ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Lorne Michaels, the creator of the long-running ... Although way off Broadway and far from the show’s New York City roots, the Ransom Center is one of the top literary and ...