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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Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Congratulatory letter from President Ronald Reagan to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center
Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Max M. Fisher with A. Alfred Taubman in the early 1980s
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and President Jimmy Carter
Max Fisher and Zalman Shazar
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
In the Fall of 1971, Henry Ford undertook the largest single building venture in Detroit’s history. The project was the Renaissance Center, also known as “RenCen.”