The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

The Resource Center provides access to a database of photos, video clips, letters, documents, newspaper articles, awards and other archival material. There are several user-friendly ways to search the Resource Center. The “Quick Search” field above offers a keyword search for those who know what they are looking for. Searches can also be filtered by Topic and Type from the pull-down menus to the right. Click on any item on this screen to see more detailed information. On each detail page, click on the Related Resources for additional items of related interest.

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Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Congratulatory letter from Henry Kissinger to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher with Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher and President George H. W. Bush outside the White House. Signed, "To Max - I love this shot. Your friend - George Bush"
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.
The Detroit riots, which began on July 23, 1967 led to 43 deaths, 7,200 arrests and a minimum of $42.5 million in damages.
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Bar-Ilan Degree
Max Fisher poses with a plaque from an article from The Detroit News about his involvement with the renaissance of Detroit.
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
Gerald Ford recalls Max Fisher's effective fundraising.
Congratulatory letter from Bob Dole to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Max M. Fisher with A. Alfred Taubman in the early 1980s
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s