On Thursday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo delivered a speech at the site and added an extra gift: He threw in another $500,000 to promote the National Comedy Center in 2018 through the state’s I Love New York program.

Later that afternoon, Carlin and a group of comedy figures took a tour of the center, which is under construction. This would be Carlin’s first peek at her father’s archives on display. National Comedy Center officials dedicated a room in the train station lobby to previewing the Carlin trove, which Kelly decided to donate last year. She had first considered giving the materials to the Smithsonian, but then thought about the final scene of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and realized that her dad’s “stuff” – as she calls it – could get buried in a storage room.

“I thought, ‘That’s depressing. Nothing will ever see the light of day,’ ” said Carlin, who chose Jamestown knowing that her dad’s work would be celebrated.

“It will be taken care of as if it was at the Smithsonian, but it will be seen by people who love comedy,” she said. “And it will be displayed in a way that will really honor it all.”