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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Max Fisher and other Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters in 1965.
Max M. Fisher with A. Alfred Taubman in the early 1980s
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"
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
1960 UJA Overseas Report
Max Fisher in 1977
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Tribute to Max Fisher
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Michigan Senate 80th Birthday Honors
Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
Max Fisher presenting an award to Nate Appleman.
Abba Eban dinner
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Special Consultant to the President on Voluntary Action