In his retirement, Wallace wrote a number of autobiographical sketches in notebooks. The complete scans of these notebooks can be found below, and because the notebooks are for the most part not dated, they are no particular order. The titles of each notebook are taken from the first sentence.
“3/2/87: Tonight I am Beginning a Venture”
“A 50th Wedding Anniversary is a [Moment] to Express”
“A Motto on a Sundial Seen Many Years Ago”
“For Some Time Now it Has Been Our Hope”
“From California to South Dakota”
“It Has Been Given to Us in Our Lifetime”
“It Was at Moody Bible Institute”
“Martin Luther is Imparted to Have Said”
“Mother and Father Were Married in LaGrange, IL”
“Some Reflections on Retirement”
“This is Saturday Night, Aug. 3, 1991”