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 Councilman Kenneth Cockrel, who opposed city tax breaks for the development of Riverfront
Max Fisher, Golda Meir and others
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
Construction of Renaissance Center
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Max Fisher, Gerald Ford and other members of the UJA and the State Department signing the contract in the Thomas Jefferson Room of the State Dept. Building.
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Michigan GOP Honors
Letter from Max M. Fisher to White House Chief of Staff John Sununu concerning U.S. policy toward Jerusalem.
The Alpha Kappa Psi Civic Award, "For service to country and community and inspiring leadership," presented to Max Fisher in 1970 by the Delta Theta Chapter of the University of Detroit.