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His history textbook, ''Texas: The Lone Star State'' (1943) went through five editions until it ceased to be the leading textbook in its field during the 1980s.<ref name=handbook/> ''Texas: The Lone Star State,'' now in its tenth edition and co-authored by [[Ernest Wallace]], then a historian at Texas Tech, Adrian Anderson, and Cary D. Wintz,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Lone-Star-State-10th/dp/0205661688|title=''Texas: The Lone Star State|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=October 11, 2009}}</ref> emphasizes the 19th century and treats [[Reconstruction]] as a political tragedy or melodrama, the earlier view usually held by southern historians but subsequently abandoned after the rise of the [[civil rights]] movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lilt.ilstu.edu/gmklass/foi/read2/mcpher.htm|title=Reconstruction Reconsidered|publisher=lilt.ilstu.edu|accessdate=October 10, 2009}}</ref>  Richardson served as an editor of the West Texas Historical Association ''Year Book'' (since named ''West Texas Historical Review'') from its first issue in 1925 until his death.<ref name=handbook/> At the time the association was based at Hardin-Simmons, but it relocated in 1998 to Texas Tech].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swco.ttu.edu/WestTexas/indexes/Cyclone%20Spring%2009.pdf|title=From the Executive Director: Tai D. Kriedler|publisher=Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University|date=Spring 2009accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref>​

His history textbook, ''Texas: The Lone Star State'' (1943) went through five editions until it ceased to be the leading textbook in its field during the 1980s.<ref name=handbook/> ''Texas: The Lone Star State,'' now in its tenth edition and co-authored by [[Ernest Wallace]], then a historian at Texas Tech, Adrian Anderson, and Cary D. Wintz,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Lone-Star-State-10th/dp/0205661688|title=''Texas: The Lone Star State|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=October 11, 2009}}</ref> emphasizes the 19th century and treats [[Reconstruction]] as a political tragedy or melodrama, the earlier view usually held by southern historians but subsequently abandoned after the rise of the [[civil rights]] movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lilt.ilstu.edu/gmklass/foi/read2/mcpher.htm|title=Reconstruction Reconsidered|publisher=lilt.ilstu.edu|accessdate=October 10, 2009}}</ref>  Richardson served as an editor of the West Texas Historical Association ''Year Book'' (since named ''West Texas Historical Review'') from its first issue in 1925 until his death.<ref name=handbook/> At the time the association was based at Hardin-Simmons, but it relocated in 1998 to Texas Tech].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swco.ttu.edu/WestTexas/indexes/Cyclone%20Spring%2009.pdf|title=From the Executive Director: Tai D. Kriedler|publisher=Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University|date=Spring 2009accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref>​

 

A fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, Richardson also served from 1969-1970 as president of the organization. He was a former president of the Southwestern Social Science Association, the Texas Philosophical Society, and the Texas Council of Church-Related Colleges and Universities. He was also active in the Masonic lodge,  the Lions Club, and in Baptist affairs.<ref name=handbook/>​

A fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, Richardson also served from 1969-1970 as president of the organization. He was a former president of the Southwestern Social Science Association, the Texas Philosophical Society, and the Texas Council of Church-Related Colleges and Universities. He was also active in the Masonic lodge,  the Lions Club, and in Baptist affairs.<ref name=handbook/>​

 

==Legacy==​

==Legacy==

Richardson was a member from 1953 to 1967 of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee, now the Texas Historical Commission. In that capacity, he promoted the expansion of historical markers along Texas highways. In 1972, he received the Ruth Lester Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in historical preservation.<ref name=handbook/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thc.state.tx.us/awards/awardPDF/LesterAward.pdf|title=Ruth Lester Lifetime Achievement Award|publisher=thc.state.tx.us|accessdate=October 10, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Richardson was a member from 1953 to 1967 of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee, now the Texas Historical Commission. In that capacity, he promoted the expansion of historical markers along Texas highways. In 1972, he received the Ruth Lester Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in historical preservation.<ref name=handbook/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thc.state.tx.us/awards/awardPDF/LesterAward.pdf|title=Ruth Lester Lifetime Achievement Award|publisher=thc.state.tx.us|accessdate=October 10, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

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