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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Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center
Mary Fisher on Max's ability to find the solution.
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
Congratulatory letter from Teddy Kollek to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
Left to Right: Alan E. Schwartz, Joseph L. Hudson, Robert E. McCabe, Max M. Fisher, A. Alfred Taubman
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Tribute to Max Fisher
In 1974, the Hadassah Wizo of Canada, a Jewish women's philanthropic organization, inscribed Max Fisher as a governor of the Haifa Community College in Winnipeg.
1960 UJA Overseas Report
Detroit Councilman Kenneth Cockrel, who opposed city tax breaks for the development of Riverfront