One pictorial envelope printed with red and blue ink showing soldier holding flag with poem printed below, "STRIKE - till the last armed foe expires. STRIKE - for your altars and your fires, STRIKE - for the green graves of your sires, GOD - and your native land!"
The Arlyn Austin Katims Civil War Collection focuses upon the Civil War from the Union position. Within the collection are illustrations, currency, and a number of artifacts from the era. Items of special interest include an authentic mourning card from Abraham Lincoln’s funeral and newspapers reporting Lincoln’s death. In 1995, Dr. Robert B. Katims donated more than 345 books, 337 periodical issues, and 304 artifacts to FAU Special Collections upon the death of his wife, Arlyn Austin Katims.