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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Congratulatory letter from President Ronald Reagan to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.
Max Fisher with Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher and President George H. W. Bush outside the White House. Signed, "To Max - I love this shot. Your friend - George Bush"
A photograph of the then four living presidents, signed by each, presented to Max Fisher in 1998, along with a personal letter from Gerald Ford.
"The Gang of Eight" article
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to The Texas Jewish Post in support of President Reagan's economic policy.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan Governor William Milliken
Photographs of Max Fisher and Louis Pincus, the architects of the reconstitution of the Jewish Agency, in Israel in 1964.
Detroit Renaissance Construction
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.