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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Renaissance Center
Detroit Councilman Kenneth Cockrel, who opposed city tax breaks for the development of Riverfront
A 1966 Detroit Jewish News article titled "Israel is Facing Massive Absorption Job" quotes Max Fisher heavily.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Peter Cummings remembers Max Fisher's leadership and commitment to Detroit, and on his loyalty to people and causes.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Max Fisher and  Zalman Shazar
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
Michigan Senate 80th Birthday Honors
Construction of Renaissance Center
Bar-Ilan Degree
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Elie Weisel, Max Fisher and Golda Meir