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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Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
The Detroit riots, which began on July 23, 1967 led to 43 deaths, 7,200 arrests and a minimum of $42.5 million in damages.
Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
United Jewish Appeal V-E Day Commemorative Medal
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
Congratulatory letter from Dick Cheney to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.