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From 1915-1916, Richardson was the principal of Cisco High School in Cisco in Eastland County, Texas, east of Abilene. The next academic year, he was principal at Sweetwater High School in Sweetwater in Nolan County west of Abilene. In 1917, he returned to his ''alma mater,'' Simmons College, asa  professor of history. He served briefly as a second [[lieutenant]] in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]]. He subsequently procured his [[Master of Arts]] in 1922 and his [[Ph.D.]] in 1928, both from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]], where he studied under [[Eugene Barker|Eugene C. Barker]]. He was dean of students at Hardin-Simmons from 1926 to 1928, vice president from 1928 to 1943, acting president from 1943 to 1945, and president from 1945 to 1953. Under his presidency the institution expanded in enrollment and size of the physical campus. In 1953, he retired as the Hardin-Simmons emeritus president and returned to the history department, where he continued to teach courses and supervise student theses.<ref name=handbook/>

From 1915-1916, Richardson was the principal of Cisco High School in Cisco in Eastland County, Texas, east of Abilene. The next academic year, he was principal at Sweetwater High School in Sweetwater in Nolan County west of Abilene. In 1917, he returned to his ''alma mater,'' Simmons College, asa  professor of history. He served briefly as a second [[lieutenant]] in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]]. He subsequently procured his [[Master of Arts]] in 1922 and his [[Ph.D.]] in 1928, both from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]], where he studied under [[Eugene Barker|Eugene C. Barker]]. He was dean of students at Hardin-Simmons from 1926 to 1928, vice president from 1928 to 1943, acting president from 1943 to 1945, and president from 1945 to 1953. Under his presidency the institution expanded in enrollment and size of the physical campus. In 1953, he retired as the Hardin-Simmons emeritus president and returned to the history department, where he continued to teach courses and supervise student theses.<ref name=handbook/>

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==Scholarly activities==

 

Richardson’s scholarly works include ''The Comanche Barrier to South Plains Settlement'' (1933), a study of the Comanche Indians; ''The Greater Southwest'' (1934), coauthored with Carl Coke Rister, ''Adventuring with a Purpose'' (1952);  ''The Frontier of Northwest Texas'' (1963); ''Colonel [[Edward M. House]]: The Texas Years'' (1964), a study of [[Woodrow Wilson]]’s political aide from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], and ''Caddo, Texas: The Biography of a Community'' (1966). His personal reflection is unveiled in ''Famous Are Thy Halls: Hardin-Simmons University As I Have Known It'' (1964).<ref name=handbook/>​

Richardson’s scholarly works include ''The Comanche Barrier to South Plains Settlement'' (1933), a study of the Comanche Indians; ''The Greater Southwest'' (1934), coauthored with Carl Coke Rister, ''Adventuring with a Purpose'' (1952);  ''The Frontier of Northwest Texas'' (1963); ''Colonel [[Edward M. House]]: The Texas Years'' (1964), a study of [[Woodrow Wilson]]’s political aide from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], and ''Caddo, Texas: The Biography of a Community'' (1966). His personal reflection is unveiled in ''Famous Are Thy Halls: Hardin-Simmons University As I Have Known It'' (1964).<ref name=handbook/>​