The Harry Ransom Center, at the university's Austin campus, announced that the collection spans more than 50 years and features original manuscript material for 10 books, including Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

"The University of Texas at Austin — with expertise in both Latin America and the preservation and study of the writing process — is the natural home for this very important collection," University of Texas President Bill Powers said in a statement.”

Most of the collection is in Spanish. The center plans to digitize part of it eventually to make it more accessible.

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