Talk:Q1665945

when was this organization formed?

Several IRS Form-990 forms (2008-present) list 1952 as the "year of formation" for this organization. But for some reason, others have thought that the year of formation was 1953 (or even more specifically 22 June 1953). I am going with the year 1952. Someone can change this if they can prove that the organization itself (when it files its various Form-990s) through the years was making a mistake -- over and over and over again (at least 2008-present). L.Smithfield (talk) 07:54, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

I am going to make a semi-wild guess about what happened with this organization. It might be that an organization named Intercollegiate Society of Individualists was formed in 1952 and then changed its name to the present Intercollegiate Studies Institute in 1953 (retaining and continuing its status as the same organization with the US IRS), but somehow this small detail has become lost to history (by us mere mortals). So now, at least according to the English WikiPedia article, it is thought that the first name above (Intercollegiate Society of Individualists) was formed in 1953, rather than a name change alone occurring in that year. Anyone interested in researching the origins of this organization in earnest is greatly welcome. L.Smithfield (talk) 01:40, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

For interested (and motivated) researchers out there, there is a small publication that might explain something of the early history of this organization (maybe). It is:

title: "The ISI story as of 1961"

author: Intercollegiate Society of Individualists

medium: printed

OCLC number: 42880897

apparent copies in the world: 1

likely location: University of Kansas Archives - Kenneth Spencer Research Library

Of course, the very existence of this work suggests that the present organization did not change its name (to the present one) until after 1961 (not in 1953 as conjectured above). L.Smithfield (talk) 09:01, 11 May 2023 (UTC)