Presbyterians and Congregationalists joined together to form a congregation in Kalamazoo in 1835. They split in 1849 and the Presbyterians date the founding of their congregation to that date. They have been in three different churches around Bronson Park, their present building completed in 1930. The collection has a wide variety of items relating to the First Presbyterian Church ranging from weekly service programs, materials relating to the Centennial Celebration in 1949 and pages from the bi-monthly newsletter, The Presbytr.