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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Bar-Ilan Degree
Robert Aronson talks about the quiet diplomat.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
Anti-Defamation League Honors
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
Bill Berman talks about Max Fisher's commitment to finding consensus among groups in the pursuit of the right decision.
Elie Weisel, Max Fisher and Golda Meir