The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Correspondence between Max M. Fisher and Judge Sherman C. Finesilver concerning the Rogers Plan.
Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque
Abba Eban dinner
Max Fisher in 1977
Max Fisher and President Ronald Reagan in the oval office.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
In the Fall of 1971, Henry Ford undertook the largest single building venture in Detroit’s history. The project was the Renaissance Center, also known as “RenCen.”
Gerald Ford recalls Max Fisher's effective fundraising.
A handsome token of appreciation given to Max and Marjorie Fisher from the Jewish Federation of Detroit, of which Max Fisher was president from 1959 to 1964.
Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Special Consultant to the President on Voluntary Action
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
Max Fisher meeting with Richard Nixon and other leaders, including John Ehrlichman, William Rogers, Rabbi Hershel Schacter, and William Wxler, in the White House in 1970.