The collection of James K. Logan, a retired federal judge of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, includes documentation concerning the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP). He served as chairperson of the U.S. Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee during the time the committee rewrote the rules (1993-1997). The papers include committee meeting and conference activity reports.

Logan was a professor in the School of Law at the University of Kansas from 1957-1969. The collection consists of two boxes of galley proofs and correspondence for the manuscript Cases and Test on Future Interests and Estate Planning.