Editing Dalton Trumbo (section)

==Origins==
Trumbo was born in [[Montrose, Colorado]], on December 9, 1905, the son of Orus Bonham Trumbo and Maud (née Tillery) Trumbo. His family moved to [[Grand Junction, Colorado]], in 1908.<ref>{{cite book |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=5VdFqKChbUEC&pg=PA12 12] |first=Peter |last=Hanson |title=Dalton Trumbo, Hollywood Rebel: A Critical Survey and Filmography |publisher=McFarland |year=2007 |isbn= |via=Google Books}}</ref>

His paternal immigrant ancestor, a Protestant of Swiss origin named Jacob Trumbo, settled in the [[colony of Virginia]] in 1736.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FnZBAAAAIAAJ&q=jacob+trumbo+1736+swiss ''Additional Dialogue; Letters of Dalton Trumbo, 1942–1962''], edited by M. Evans, Lippincott, 1970, footnote #10, p. 26</ref> Orus Trumbo worked variously as a shoe clerk and collection agent, never earning enough to keep the family far from poverty.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web| last=Smith |first=Jeff |year=2015 |title=Dalton Trumbo |url=https://wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/exhibits/dalton-trumbo|access-date=2022-02-21|website= wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu| publisher= Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research|archive-date=February 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221235702/https://wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/exhibits/dalton-trumbo|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Trumbo graduated from [[Grand Junction High School]]. While still in high school, he worked for [[Walter Walker (politician)|Walter Walker]] as a cub [[reporter]] for the ''[[Grand Junction Daily Sentinel]],'' covering courts, the high school, the mortuary and civic organizations.<ref>{{cite news |last=McIntyre |first=Erin |date=October 31, 2015 |title=Book, Movie Reminders of Dalton Trumbo's Ties to Grand Junction Leading Man |url= http://www.gjsentinel.com/lifestyle/articles/book-movie-reminders-of-dalton-trumbos-ties-to-gra |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104010203/http://www.gjsentinel.com/lifestyle/articles/book-movie-reminders-of-dalton-trumbos-ties-to-gra |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2015 |newspaper=Daily Sentinel |location=Grand Junction, CO}}</ref>  He attended the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]] in 1924 and 1925, working as a reporter for the ''[[Boulder Daily Camera]]'' and contributing to the school's humor magazine, yearbook, and newspaper. He was a member of [[Delta Tau Delta]] International Fraternity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delt Returns to University of Colorado Boulder |url=https://www.delts.org/delt-returns-to-university-of-colorado-boulder |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=www.delts.org}}</ref>

In 1924, Orus Trumbo relocated the family to California. Shortly after, he fell ill and died, leaving Dalton to support his mother and siblings.<ref name=":1" /> For nine years after his father died, Trumbo worked the night shift wrapping bread at a Los Angeles bakery and attended the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (1926) and the [[University of Southern California]] (1928–1930).<ref>{{cite book |last= Bloom |first=Harold |date=1988 |title= Twentieth-Century American Literature |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=e7pZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22dalton+trumbo%22+%22university+of+southern+california%22 |location=Langhorne, PA |publisher=Chelsea House Publishers |page=3993|isbn=978-0877548072 }}</ref> During this time, he wrote movie reviews, 88 short stories, and six novels, all of which were rejected for publication.<ref name="well">{{cite news |last=Well |first=Martin |title= Dalton Trumbo, 70, Dies: Blacklisted Screenwriter |newspaper=Washington Post |date=September 9, 1976 }}</ref>