Lorne Michaels donates ‘SNL' archive to Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin
A sample of the photos shared with UT's Harry Ransom Center by Lorne Michaels are below.
![Unidentified photographer, [Lorne<br />
Michaels], 2000s. Lorne Michaels<br />
Collection. Harry Ransom Center.](https://media.nbcdfw.com/2025/01/ut-lmc-snl-01.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&fit=1920%2C1080)
Michaels], 2000s. Lorne Michaels
Collection. Harry Ransom Center.
![Michael Dobo, [Lorne Michaels<br>with Dave Wilson and Chevy Chase],<br>Lorne Michaels Collection. Harry<br>Ransom Center.](https://media.nbcdfw.com/2025/01/ut-lmc-snl-03.png?fit=1920%2C1080&quality=85&strip=all)
with Dave Wilson and Chevy Chase],
Lorne Michaels Collection. Harry
Ransom Center.
Saturday Night, 1975. Lorne Michaels
Collection. Harry Ransom Center.
Lorne Terrific Hour, ca. 1971. Lorne
Michaels Collection. Harry Ransom
Center.
![Unidentified photographer, [Lorne<br>Michaels and Ray Charles], 1977. Lorne<br>Michaels Collection. Harry Ransom<br>Center.](https://media.nbcdfw.com/2025/01/ut-lmc-snl-05.png?fit=1920%2C1080&quality=85&strip=all)
Michaels and Ray Charles], 1977. Lorne
Michaels Collection. Harry Ransom
Center.
![Edie Baskin, [Slides of photo bumpers<br>for Saturday Night Live Seasons 1-5],<br>1970s. Lorne Michaels Collection.<br>Harry Ransom Center.](https://media.nbcdfw.com/2025/01/ut-lmc-snl-07.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&fit=1920%2C1080)
for Saturday Night Live Seasons 1-5],
1970s. Lorne Michaels Collection.
Harry Ransom Center.
![Edie Baskin, [Slides of photo bumpers<br>for Saturday Night Live Seasons 1-5],<br>1970s. Lorne Michaels Collection.<br>Harry Ransom Center.](https://media.nbcdfw.com/2025/01/ut-lmc-snl-07cu.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&fit=1920%2C1080)
for Saturday Night Live Seasons 1-5],
1970s. Lorne Michaels Collection.
Harry Ransom Center.
![Edie Baskin, [Shelley Duvall, Jane<br>Curtin, Gilda Radner, Lorne Michaels,<br>and Laraine Newman], 1977. Lorne<br>Michaels Collection. Harry Ransom<br>Center.](https://media.nbcdfw.com/2025/01/ut-lmc-snl-08.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&fit=1920%2C1080)
Curtin, Gilda Radner, Lorne Michaels,
and Laraine Newman], 1977. Lorne
Michaels Collection. Harry Ransom
Center.
![Unidentified photographer, [David<br>Spade, Lorne Michaels, and Chris<br>Farley], ca. 1995. Lorne Michaels<br>Collection. Harry Ransom Center.](https://media.nbcdfw.com/2025/01/ut-lmc-snl-06.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&fit=1920%2C1080)
Spade, Lorne Michaels, and Chris
Farley], ca. 1995. Lorne Michaels
Collection. Harry Ransom Center.
