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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/>​

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 book|url=http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Lone-Star-State-10th/dp/0205661688|title=''Texas: The Lone Star State''|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</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 2009|accessdate=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 book|url=http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Lone-Star-State-10th/dp/0205661688|title=''Texas: The Lone Star State''|publisher=Routledge through Amazon.com|date=July 30, 2009|accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</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 2009|accessdate=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/>​