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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Detroit News on July 15, 1971
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Bob McCabe discusses Max Fisher's key role in the Detroit Renaissance, his leadership and his ability to build consensus.
Congratulatory letter from Israeli President Ezer Weizman to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
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.
Correspondence between Max M. Fisher and Judge Sherman C. Finesilver concerning the Rogers Plan.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, details Fisher's extensive experience as a highly successful fundraiser.
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
Max Fisher poses with a plaque from an article from The Detroit News about his involvement with the renaissance of Detroit.
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
President Reagan's Task Force Welcoming Letter
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center