The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.
"The Gang of Eight" article
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
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.
A 1966 Detroit Jewish News article titled "Israel is Facing Massive Absorption Job" quotes Max Fisher heavily.
Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.
Detroit News on July 15, 1971
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Left to Right: Alan E. Schwartz, Joseph L. Hudson, Robert E. McCabe, Max M. Fisher, A. Alfred Taubman
Max Fisher speaking to the General Assembly in Philadelphia in 1976.