- Fletcher, Robert; Powell, John Wesley, 1881, Contributions to North American Ethnology, Volume V, Part II: On prehistoric trephining and cranial amulets: Government Printing Office Monograph , 32 p.,
- Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer; Lithography by Bien, Julius, 1881, Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado and portions of adjacent territory: Government Printing Office Atlas , 2 p.; 20 Sheets,
- Morgan, Lewis H.; Powell, John Wesley, 1881, Contributions to North American Ethnology, Volume IV: Houses and house life of the American aborigines: Government Printing Office Monograph , xiv, 281 p.,
- Rau, Charles; Powell, John Wesley, 1881, Contributions to North American Ethnology, Volume V, Part I: Observations on cup-shaped and other lapidarian sculptures in the Old World and in America: Government Printing Office Monograph , iii, 112 p.,
- Thomas, Cyrus; Introduction by Brinton, D. G.; Powell, John Wesley, 1881, Contributions to North American Ethnology, Volume V, Part III: A study of the manuscript Troano: Government Printing Office Monograph , xxxvii, 237 p.,
- Wheeler, George Montague; Macomb, Montgomery Meigs, 1881, Annual report upon the geographical and topographical surveys of the territory of the United States west of the 100th meridian, in the States and Territories of California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming: Government Printing Office Annual Report , iv, 4 p.,
- Wheeler, George Montague; Stevenson, John J., 1881, Volume III: Supplement -- geology: Government Publishing Office Monograph , 420 p., xxxviii, 2 plates; 3 Plates: 55 x 49 cm. or smaller,
