The report will consider sketches of Anna Akhmatova's autobiographical character, which have been preserved on the pages of the poet's Notebooks. The paper presents an attempt at systematization: we have identified three groups that are related to autobiographical records (autobiographical records about oneself, memoir records about contemporaries, as well as Akhmatova's reasoning about her work). As a result of the analysis, we come to the conclusion about some features of the poet's memoir works, and also talk about the importance of memory in personal and creative aspects.