Josephine Harreld Love

Josephine Harreld Love (December 11, 1914 – September 12, 2003) was an American musicologist and concert pianist. She founded the children's museum Your Heritage House. Claudia Harreld, who was of white and Native American ancestry, was a poet. She was one of the first graduates of Spelman College, where she taught. Claudia's father, William Jefferson White, was the founder of Morehouse College. Josephine's father, Kemper Harreld was a renowned violinist who worked for both Morehouse College and Spelman College.

Harreld earned her bachelor's degree in English at Spelman College. She went on to earn her Bachelor of Music in Piano from New York's Institute of Musical Art in 1934. She continued her education at the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Austria, in 1935. In 1936, Harreld received her master's in Musicology from Radcliffe College. In the 1950s, Love established children's performing groups, the Merry MADS (Music, Art, and Drama Society) and the Merry Marionettes. These groups were taught puppetry, as it involves acting, writing, fine arts, and movement.

Love died on September 12, 2003, in Detroit.

Honors and awards

1971: award in recognition from the Detroit Chapter of Jack and Jill of America