The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Letter to President George H.W. Bush the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to President Nixon concerning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's 1969 visit.
Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
Robert Aronson talks about the quiet diplomat.
Congratulatory letter from Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Congratulatory letter from Henry Kissinger to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
The Detroit Riots of 1967