The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
New Detroit article
1961 United Foundation Torch Drive
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
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.
Agreement for the Reconstitution of the Jewish Agency of Israel
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
"Detroit Renaissance: A Decade of Progress and A Commitment to the Future," 1981 address by Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Board, Detroit Renaissance, Inc.
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.
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."