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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Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
The Detroit Riots of 1967
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Max Fisher, Golda Meir and others
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque
A personal letter from Secretary of State George Shultz.
Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.
A handsome token of appreciation given to Max and Marjorie Fisher from the Jewish Federation of Detroit, of which Max Fisher was president from 1959 to 1964.
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
Congratulatory letter from Alexander Haig to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max and Marjorie Fisher with Henry Ford II and his wife, Christina, during a trip to Israel in 1972.