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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Teaching Resources contain lesson plans focused on Max Fisher's four key values: Wisdom, Generosity, Service, and Leadership. Lessons include individual and group activities and trigger questions for further thought.

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Max Fisher poses with a plaque from an article from The Detroit News about his involvement with the renaissance of Detroit.
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
The Detroit Riots of 1967
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Elie Weisel, Max Fisher and Golda Meir
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.
Detroit's Renaissance Center Article
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Detroit Renaissance Construction
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.