The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Chaim Weizmann Portrait
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Louis Hamburger, Edward C. Levy, Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Itzhak Rabin, and Samuel Hamburger during the Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters Meeting at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
"The Amazing Life of Max Fisher" ran as the feature story on the front page of The Detroit Free Press on October 2, 2003 and detailed the life of the philanthropist and the opening of the Max M. Fisher Music Center at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Place.
1960 UJA Overseas Report
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
"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.
Robert Aronson talks about the quiet diplomat.