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 Jewish Community Foundation Dedication
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Jewish Statesmanship Award
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
Bill Berman describes Max Fisher's belief that consensus was not "the middle ground," but the process of getting a group to all reach the right decision.
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.
Max Fisher presenting an award to Nate Appleman.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
A 1966 Detroit Jewish News article titled "Israel is Facing Massive Absorption Job" quotes Max Fisher heavily.
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Max Fisher and President Ronald Reagan in the oval office.