A 1905 magazine article by Clifton Johnson describing rural life among Black cotton farmers near Memphis, Tennessee. It covers cotton planting and picking, rents and debt, cabins and roads, recollections of an elderly man and his wife about the 1833 meteor shower and the Civil War, a debating society, and barbecues. It is illustrated with the author's photographs of cabins, fieldwork, a well, and two women at a spinning wheel; it has no weaving content beyond that image.

A 1902 magazine article by Clifton Johnson describing a visit to South Carolina in early October to observe the cotton harvest. It covers cotton patches of various sizes, how pickers gather cotton in bags and blankets, and the daily life of Black farm families, including rice pounding, peanut growing and recollections of slavery. It is illustrated with photographs of cotton picking, plantation quarters, a cart, a well and a rice mill.