The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
Congratulatory letter from Henry Kissinger to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
A personal letter from Secretary of State George Shultz.
Correspondence between Max M. Fisher and Judge Sherman C. Finesilver concerning the Rogers Plan.
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Bill Berman describes Max Fisher's belief that consensus was not "the middle ground," but the process of getting a group to all reach the right decision.
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Left to Right: Thomas A. Murphy (Chairman, General Motors), Max M. Fisher, Robert E. McCabe (President, Detroit Renaissance), A. Alfred Taubman, Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Congratulatory letter from Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
"The Amazing Life of Max Fisher" ran as the feature story on the front page of The Detroit Free Press on October 2, 2003 and detailed the life of the philanthropist and the opening of the Max M. Fisher Music Center at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Place.