Facing an uncertain job market, Dr. Keefe rejoices in a Mellon Fellowship at Harvard University for the academic year of 1987-88. She teaches in the Freshman Seminar Program, developing a seminar called "Ritual and Society in the Middle Ages." She also continues to work on revisions of her thesis and begins to explore possible publishers, though the pace of life at Harvard and her many responsibilities to the community ultimately keep her from finishing.
Physical copies of these letters and others that were not selected for digitization are in the Keefe Collection, Box 1, Folders 6-7.