The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Letter from Max M. Fisher to White House Chief of Staff John Sununu concerning U.S. policy toward Jerusalem.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Tribute to Max Fisher
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Construction of Renaissance Center
"The Gang of Eight" article
Max Fisher speaking to the General Assembly in Philadelphia in 1976.
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.
Letter to President George H.W. Bush the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
Congratulatory letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
1960 UJA Overseas Report
"Detroit Renaissance: A Decade of Progress and A Commitment to the Future," 1981 address by Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Board, Detroit Renaissance, Inc.
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication
The Detroit Riots of 1967
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.