Abstract: The subject of this research is the folklore of Suntarsky Districts of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The object of this research is the contribution of freelance correspondents to preservation of folklore their native region. The author cover in details the activity of the collectors of folklore of Suntarsky District – freelance correspondents of the Institute of Language and Culture (presently the Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) I. Y. Nikolaev, T. T. Danilov. G. E. Fyodorov on recording and preservation of the samples of oral lore. It is underlined that their work was initiated by the prominent folklorist G. U. Ergis. The chronological framework covers the period from 1930’s to 1980’s. The author applied the comparative-historical method of research; the review was conducted using the chronology of scientific publications on the local folklore tradition of Suntarsky districts. The folklore notes made by the freelance correspondents of the institute Y. Nikolaev, T. T. Danilov. G. E. Fyodorov are stored in the manuscript collection of the Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences since the prewar period; many of them are published in the academic and popular scientific editions, as well as introduced into the scientific discourse and reached mass audience, creating a holistic image of the oral tradition and folk art performers of Suntarsky Ulus.