The Bob Dylan Archive, which has been acquired by the George Kaiser Family Foundation and the University of Tulsa, will now be permanently housed in Tulsa, according to foundation Executive DirectorKen Levit and TU President Steadman Upham.

The collection is comprised of over 6,000 items spanning nearly 60 years of Dylan's career, including never-before-seen handwritten manuscripts, notebooks and correspondence; films, videos, photographs and artwork; memorabilia and ephemera; personal documents and effects; unreleased studio and concert recordings; musical instruments and many other items.

"I'm glad that my archives, which have been collected all these years, have finally found a home and are to be included with the works of Woody Guthrie and especially alongside all the valuable artifacts from the Native American Nations.

To me, it makes a lot of sense and it's a great honor," Dylan said in the release.

The archive will be housed under the stewardship of TU's Helmerich Center for American Research, for subsequent public exhibition in the city's burgeoning Brady Arts District, according to a news release.