One of the traditional benefits of allying an academic gallery with classes in Art History is the chance to spotlight certain objects with the ambitious research efforts of students who have culled from university records and published documents as much information as they could find. Susquehanna students in American Art History class, fall 1995, studied a collection of fine art prints that had been given to the university in the 1970s. A selection from among the forty-six prints is exhibited this spring along with accompanying material from the students' investigations. The students discovered that Robert U. Redpath, a member of the university's Board of Directors at the time, in 1976 contributed his collection of lithographs and etchings produced by Associated American Artists. The AAA is a New York publisher of prominent artists, particularly during the 1940s and 1950s. Such American Regionalists as Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton and their colleagues provided a view of Americana relfective of the Depression and its aftermath. Themes of life activities from rural America describe narratives of hardship or leisure in these prints - statements of the persistence of the common place in the face of global economic and political crises. In their process of studying the history of the prints, Art History students were joined with other students from the Gallery internship program to accession them into the university collection, photograph and catalog the art, and assess their need for conservation. The prints on exhibit have been recently restored with combined funding from the Lore Degenstein Gallery and the Blough-Weis Library. The remainder of the prints will receive conservation as future funds develop. It is the intention of this collection to be exhibited at the library for the continued benefits of their further study. The Prodigal Son. Thomas Hart Benton. Lithograph. 1939. 10.375 x 13.375"