Assorted items that document the history of the Shadow Lawn estate (now part of the Monmouth University campus) in West Long Branch, New Jersey during the first half of the twentieth century. The materials include a 16-page promotional brochure for the Monmouth Military Institute, a short-lived private academy that, for several weeks in the autumn of 1940, occupied the Shadow Lawn site. Illustrated with black and white photographs of the estate's buildings and grounds, the brochure includes an overview of the Institute, an outline of tuition and fees, the students' typical daily schedule, a summary of the curriculum, remarks to prospective students, the academic calendar, school regulations, and an administrative directory. Also contained in the collection are two retropective news features: one pertaining to the Monmouth Military Institute and the other to the estate auction that was held at Shadow Lawn several months before the Institute opened. Both articles were authored by the donor of these holdings and were originally published in the Asbury Park Press. Additional contents include photocopies that comprised part of the donor's research materials for the aforementioned features and the 1989 Fall issue of The Bridge, the Brookdale Community College alumni magazine. The magazine includes a cover story authored by Jack Needle, "Woodrow Wilson: Educator, Governor, President."